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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Fmc Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Aksel M. Schjerpen, Fornebu, NO;
Robert A. Perry, Katy, TX (US);
Thomas L. Hergarden, Spring, TX (US);
FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system disclosed herein comprises a pipeline and a plurality of access node structures axially spaced apart from one another along the pipeline, wherein each of the plurality of access node structures comprises a substantially planar upper surface. Also disclosed is a method for deploying a pipeline that comprises a plurality of future access node structures, wherein, at the time the pipeline is deployed subsea, the future access node structures prevent access to an interior of the pipeline, and wherein the plurality of access node structures comprises at least one of a tapping structure, a pressure-barrier retaining structure that is adapted to receive a pressure-barrier device and a pressure-barrier retaining structure comprised of a recess with a scored pressure-retaining bottom.