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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Oceaneering International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Scoville, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Ryan Bradley, Cypress, TX (US);
Abhishek Shukla, Sugarland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Oceaneering International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 29/06 (2006.01); G01V 1/00 (2006.01); G01B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 29/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/001 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2013.01); E21B 29/06 (2013.01); E21B 29/12 (2013.01); E21B 41/0007 (2013.01); E21B 47/001 (2020.05); G01B 17/02 (2013.01); G01V 1/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tool can be used remove one or more outer layers of a tubular such as a flexible pipeline to enable an inspection on the remaining layers of the flexible pipeline. It allows the precise removal of outer layers of a flexible riser so that inspection can take place tubulars that otherwise could not be inspected with ultrasound.