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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
James W Stevens, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166345 ; 166346 ; 166350 ; 405224 ;
Abstract
In offshore waters an all-steel, flexible marine riser assembly may be used to transport production fluid from a submerged wellhead to a floating production facility. The marine riser assembly consists of an array of flexible steel flowline bundles which form a cantenary shape as they bend upward from the marine bottom to the production facility.