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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1972
Joe C Lochridge, Houston, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A process for starting and laying a submergible elongate structure, such as a pipeline, upon the bed of a body of water from a marine vessel, while controlling the bending configuration thereof. The method includes the steps of tensioning a flexible cable between a marine vessel and a submerged hook-up facility, progressively suspending portions of a pipeline from the tensioned cable by means of spaced hangers, and extending the pipeline toward the submerged facility. The process may be employed solely to initially start to lay a submergible elongate structure or the process may be employed to both start to lay a submergible elongate structure and to subsequently lay a submergible elongate structure.