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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2010
Arnoud Laurens Feijen, Rotterdam, NL;
Terence Willem August Vehmeijer, The Hague, NL;
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Arnoud Laurens Feijen, Rotterdam, NL;
Terence Willem August Vehmeijer, The Hague, NL;
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Itrec B.V., Schiedam, NL;
Abstract
An offshore S-lay pipelaying vessel for laying a pipeline on the seabed, said vessel comprising: —a hull; —an elongated stinger having a hull end and a free end, said stinger being adapted to support the pipeline to be laid from the vessel, wherein the stinger comprises a stinger frame, possibly composed of one or more rigid stinger frame sections, possibly articulated sections, and wherein—distributed over the length of the stinger—multiple pipeline support assemblies are mounted to the stinger frame that provide support for the pipeline.