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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
May. 05, 1976
Michel J Jegousse, Nantes, FR;
Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, Paris Cedex, FR;
Etudes Petrolieres Marines, Societe, Paris, FR;
Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes, FR;
Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises, Marseille, FR;
Compagnie Generale pour les Developpements Operationnels des Richesses, , US;
Entreprise de Recherches et d'Activites Petrolieres (E.R.A.P.), Paris, FR;
Abstract
In the assembling and laying of an undersea pipe in which the already submerged pipe portion is suspended from a surface support, the end of the submerged pipe portion being supported on a variable inclination laying ramp, and a new pipe section is moved into alignment with the end of the pipe portion and fixed thereto, the submerged pipe portion is so suspended from the surface support that the tension in the pipe portion is maintained substantially constant irrespective of vertical movements of the surface support caused by the action of waves on the surface support.