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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2015
GE Oil & Gas Uk Limited, Bristol, GB;
Matthew Carney, Hartlepool, GB;
Stephen Mills, Newcastle, GB;
Leigh Shippen, Newcastle, GB;
Michael Kelly, Durham, GB;
GE Oil & Gas UK Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
Apparatus for providing a predetermined fluid in a void space () of an annulus () of a flexible pipe and a method for providing a predetermined fluid in a void space of an annulus are disclosed. The method comprises introducing a predetermined fluid into at least one fluid communication passageway (), e.g. an elongated conduit, in an annulus () of a flexible pipe and, via the passageway (), communicating the fluid into a void space () of the annulus at a plurality of axially spaced apart locations, e.g. via a plurality of spaced apart openings in the wall of the elongated conduit, and at a pressure of less than about around 80 psi.