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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sven Loland, Stavanger, NO;
Assignee:
Sante Fe International Corporation, Alhambra, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166360 ; 2413 / ; 24262 ; 248 / ; 166352 ; 166359 ;
Abstract
A cable clamp for securing a control cable to a kill or choke line in a mud riser used in offshore drilling of oil and gas wells is described. The cable clamp is comprised of two portions, a fixed portion which remains secured to the kill or choke line and a removable portion which can be engaged to or quickly released from the fixed portion to secure or disengage the control cable. The fixed portion includes a U-clamp, and the removable portion includes cooperating hinged members, each member mounting resilient pad and both members for securing said hinged members together to clamp said cable.