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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Statoil Petroleum As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Geir Endal, Jessheim, NO;
Jens Haugen, Eiksmarka, NO;
Assignee:
STATOIL PETROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/26 (2006.01); F16L 1/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); F16L 1/23 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/0107 (2013.01); F16L 1/23 (2013.01); F16L 1/24 (2013.01); F16L 1/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for direct tie-in of pipelines are disclosed. An apparatus is attached to a portion of a pipeline, the apparatus including a tensioning member and a buoyancy element attached to the tensioning member such that, when submerged, the pipeline is deflected as a result of a buoyancy force tensioning the tensioning member, and on releasing the buoyancy element, direct tie-in of the pipeline is performed.
Endal, Geir. (2020). Direct tie-in of pipelines by added curvature (U.S. Patent No. 10571048). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10571048
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