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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
Hein Wille, Eze Village, FR;
Leendert Poldervaart, La Turbie, FR;
Single Buoy Moorings Inc., Marly, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a subsea pipeline system for connecting two hydrocarbon production, storage and/or processing structures. The subsea pipeline has a first duct section supported on the seabed, a bridging duct section extending across a lower seabed part, at a distance from the sea bed, and a second duct section supported on the sea bed. The first and second duct sections are connected to the bridging duct section via an articulation joint allowing movement of the bridging duct section in a length direction of the first and second duct sections. A first tensioning element exerts an upward force on the bridge duct sections and a second tensioning element exerts a downward force on the bridge duct section. The first and second tensioning elements include a mutual angle to exert a horizontal pulling force on the bridging duct section.