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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Subsea 7 Norway As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Oivind Stangeland, Sandnes, NO;
Karl Erik Suphellen, Algard, NO;
Assignee:
Subsea 7 Norway AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2006.01); B08B 9/055 (2006.01); F16L 101/12 (2006.01); F16L 55/38 (2006.01); F16L 101/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2013.01); B08B 9/0553 (2013.01); B08B 9/0557 (2013.01); F16L 55/38 (2013.01); F16L 2101/12 (2013.01); F16L 2101/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compact subsea pig launcher comprises a tubular magazine for holding a plurality of pipeline pigs in longitudinal succession ready for launching successively into a subsea pipeline. The magazine is shaped to define at least one turn such as a coil around an upright axis. Thus, a series of pigs are stored in longitudinal succession along a path that is curved in plan view around the upright axis. During launching, at least one of the series of pigs is advanced along the path with angular movement around the upright axis.