Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited

Paul Snowdon

Ashley Clack

Leigh Shippen

David Lambert

Balaji Aresh

John Gerard Rafferty

A method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an elongate sheet having a uniform thickness and a first and further spaced apart long edge, to a first pair of a plurality of spaced apart pairs of opposed forming roller elements, and via the pairs of roller elements, progressively forming a cross-sectional profile in the sheet that comprises a body portion comprising a folded central region of the sheet and a first and further wing portion that each extend away from the body portion and terminate at a respective long edge of the sheet, and securing adjacent regions of the wing portions and/or opposed regions of the body portion together thereby providing a windable elongate tape element having laterally immobilised wing portions.

Immobilised insert

A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing erosion protection to self-interlocking windings of a carcass layer of a flexible pipe. The method includes the steps of, via a wound sacrificial insert located over at least a portion of an inner facing surface of self-interlocking windings of a carcass layer, shielding at least a flow facing edge region of each self-interlocking winding from abrasive elements carried by a bore fluid flowing along a bore of the flexible pipe from an upstream to a downstream location.

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Paul Snowdon