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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Itrec B.v., Schiedam, NL;
Inventors:
Arnoud Laurens Feijen, Rotterdam, NL;
Terence Willem August Vehmeijer, Den Haag, NL;
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Assignee:
ITREC B.V., Schiedam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/225 (2006.01); F16L 1/18 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01); B63B 35/03 (2006.01); F16L 1/235 (2006.01); B63B 17/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2006.01); F16L 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/225 (2013.01); B63B 35/03 (2013.01); F16L 1/18 (2013.01); F16L 1/20 (2013.01); F16L 1/202 (2013.01); F16L 1/205 (2013.01); F16L 1/207 (2013.01); F16L 1/235 (2013.01); B63B 17/00 (2013.01); B63B 35/003 (2013.01); B63B 2701/12 (2013.01); F16L 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An offshore S-lay pipelaying vessel for laying a pipeline on the seabed, the vessel includes a hull and an elongated stinger having a hull end and a free end, the stinger being adapted to support the pipeline to be laid from the vessel. The stinger includes a stinger frame, possibly composed of one or more rigid stinger frame sections, possibly articulated sections. And, distributed over the length of the stinger, multiple pipeline support assemblies are mounted to the stinger frame that provide support for the pipeline.