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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Khamir Girish Joshi, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John Christian Hartley Mungall, Houston, TX (US);
Craig Wonder Lamison, Houston, TX (US);
Khamir Girish Joshi, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John Christian Hartley Mungall, Houston, TX (US);
Craig Wonder Lamison, Houston, TX (US);
Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses including a subsea pipeline () extending from a first location () to a second location () and including at least one distributed buoyancy region () to traverse a seabed topographic feature () are presented. Methods including laying a subsea pipeline () including laying a negatively buoyant section of pipeline (A), a distributed buoyancy section () of pipeline (), and a second negatively buoyant section of pipeline (B) from a pipelay vessel () to traverse an undersea topographic feature () are also presented.