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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Applicant:
C-dive, Llc, Houma, LA (US);
Inventors:
Edward Trahan, Houma, LA (US);
Philip Thibodeaux, Houma, LA (US);
Robert Champagne, Houma, LA (US);
Marc Olivier, Houma, LA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 (2006.01); E02F 3/88 (2006.01); E02F 3/92 (2006.01); E02F 5/00 (2006.01); E02F 5/02 (2006.01); E02F 7/00 (2006.01); F16L 1/15 (2006.01); F16L 1/16 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/166 (2013.01); E02F 3/8858 (2013.01); E02F 3/9262 (2013.01); E02F 5/003 (2013.01); E02F 5/02 (2013.01); E02F 7/005 (2013.01); F16L 1/15 (2013.01); F16L 1/161 (2013.01); F16L 1/20 (2013.01); F16L 1/207 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for uncovering and removing pipeline from the seafloor using a subsea trenching system using pressurized water to uncover pipe, a subsea shear carried by a barge to cut lengths of the pipeline, and a grapple carried by a barge to lift cut lengths of pipeline for placement on a pipe haul and recovery barge.