Seahorse Equipment Corporation

Philippe Daniel Richard Lavagna

A flexible element in a basket-like structure supports a Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) on a subsurface buoy or 'artificial seabed.' A riser collar transfers the tension load of riser to a compressive load on the radial bearing. Relative motion between the subsurface buoy and the riser is accommodated by the flexible element. A flexible jumper is connected to the riser for fluid transfer. Motions of the riser relative to the subsurface buoy are accommodated by the flexible jumper. In this way, a transition from an SCR to a flexible jumper may be accomplished without the need for either a stress-joint or a flex-joint.

Connector for steel catenary riser to flexible line without stress-joint or flex-joint

A support for a subsea riser decouples the function of the riser into two separate functions: the load transfer function which supports the hung weight of a subsea riser configuration to a supporting floater (such as the buoy of a disconnectable fluid transfer system) and the fluid transfer function which provides a continuous flow path for the fluid coming to or from the riser.

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Monaco, France

Philippe Daniel Richard Lavagna