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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Inventors:
Emmanuel Persent, Croissy sur Seine, FR;
Navid Saeedi, Alfortville, FR;
Gerard Papon, Les Essarts le Roi, FR;
Assignee:
IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/08 (2006.01); E21B 17/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/085 (2013.01); E21B 17/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a riser section () equipped with an inner locking ring (). According to the invention, auxiliary line elements () are secured to one end of main tube () and they are mobile with respect to the other end of main tube () through the agency of a sliding pivot connection, whose relative translational motion is limited by a clearance adjustment means (). The invention also relates to a riser consisting of several sections () and to the use of the riser for carrying out an offshore drilling operation.