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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gawain Langford, Houston, TX (US);
Francisco Dezen, Houston, TX (US);
Lars-Petter Sollie, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen P. Fenton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 2/912 ; F16L 1/028 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 2/912 ; F16L 1/028 ;
Abstract
A subsea well system has a flowline jumper that extends between components on the sea floor. The jumper has connectors on each end for connecting to the two components. At least a portion of the jumper is buoyant and sufficiently flexible to cause it to assume a vertical arcuate configuration when installed. One end of the jumper has a connector that has a mandrel that guides into a mating socket formed on the end of an arm. The arm is mounted to a ring that can be rotated to various orientations.