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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Carl Henrik Ahlen, Trondheim, NO;
Jan Olav Berge, Haugesund, NO;
Kjell Edvard Apeland, Sveio, NO;
Michael Armstrong, Otley, GB;
Carl Henrik Ahlen, Trondheim, NO;
Jan Olav Berge, Haugesund, NO;
Kjell Edvard Apeland, Sveio, NO;
Michael Armstrong, Otley, GB;
Statoil ASA, Stavanger, NO;
Abstract
A hot tap clamp. The clamp includes a first clamp part, a second clamp part, a fastener for stable fastening of the clamp parts around a section of a pipeline provided with a hot tap coupling, a pipe socket fixedly integrated with one of the clamp parts at an inner end and extending outward from the clamp part to an outer end, a hub on the outer end of the pipe socket, the pipe socket at the inner end going through the clamp part abutting the surface of the pipeline, such that the pipe socket can be sealingly welded to the pipeline by internal welding.