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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
GE Oil & Gas Uk Limited, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Peter Roberts, Bristol, GB;
Paul Snowdon, Bristol, GB;
Philip Stephenson, Bristol, GB;
Stephen Burgess, Bristol, GB;
Suranjith Warnakulasuriya, Nottingham, GB;
GE Oil & Gas UK Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An elongate tape element (), a flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The tape element has a cross-sectional profile comprising a body portion () for being positioned between collapse resistant tape windings such that each body portion lies at least partially in a gap () between adjacent collapse resistant tape windings (); and at least one wing portion () extending from an end region of the body portion (), the at least one wing portion () configured to span the gap () and respectively abut with a radially inner surface of an adjacent collapse resistant tape winding ().