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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Joop Roodenburg, Ha Delfi, NL;
Pieter Dirk Melis Van Duivenduk, Missoury City, TX (US);
Anne Klaas DE Groot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Joop Roodenburg, Ha Delfi, NL;
Pieter Dirk Melis van Duivenduk, Missoury City, TX (US);
Anne Klaas de Groot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ITREC B.V., Schiedam, NL;
Abstract
The marine pipelaying system for vertical or near vertical laying of an offshore pipeline () includes a main supporting structure (); a pipe connecting station (), wherein a pipe section () is connected to an uppermost end () of a previously launched pipeline; a static clamp () adapted for releasably securing the uppermost end of the previously launched pipeline, wherein the static clamp is adapted to support the weight of the<->previously launched pipeline; a mobile clamp () adapted for releasably securing the previously launched pipeline at a position below the static clamp, wherein the mobile clamp is adapted to support the weight of the offshore pipeline as the offshore pipeline is released from the static clamp; and a mobile clamp hoist () connected to the mobile clamp.