Acergy France Sas

Subsea 7 Do Brasil Servicos Ltda

Yann Brouard

Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior

Vincent Loentgen

Andre Ramiro Amorim

Daniel Karunakaran

Olivier Lodeho

Joao Carlos Carvalho Gouveia

Frederico Nicoletti De Fraga

Ivan Carlos Pimentel Da Cruz

Gustavo Queiroz Hepner

Luiz Carlos De Lemos JÚNIOR

João Carlos Carvalho Gouveia

A subsea buoy comprises a rigid watertight external shell extending continuously around a supporting internal structure that is sealed and fully enclosed by the shell. The shell is formed integrally and simultaneously with the internal structure by the same additive manufacturing process. The internal structure comprises cavities disposed between structural members, such as struts of a lattice or webs of a matrix. The structural members and cavities can be in a hierarchical or fractal array comprising a relatively narrow outer tier adjoining the shell and at least one relatively wide inner tier within the outer tier.

Pressure-resistant buoys

An end fitting for a subsea riser comprises an engagement head to be engaged with a subsea foundation in a vertically downward longitudinal direction. A structure of the end fitting surrounds a longitudinally extending flow axis and is arranged to bear a tensile load on a load path extending longitudinally from the engagement head parallel to the flow axis. The structure includes a pivot joint assembly having a first part attached to or integral with the engagement head and a second part pivotable relative to the first part about a centre of rotation substantially aligned with the flow axis. The structure can be fixed to the engagement head or removably attached to the engagement head. The engagement head supports an upwardly facing connector hub that is offset laterally from the flow axis. A connector pipe in fluid communication with the connector hub extends from the flow axis to the connector hub. A counterweight is opposed to the connector hub and the connector pipe about the flow axis.

Installing subsea risers

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Velizy, France

Yann Brouard