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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Sibu Varghese, Houston, TX (US);
Clint Trimble, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Loftin, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey Allen Raynal, Houston, TX (US);
Sibu Varghese, Houston, TX (US);
Clint Trimble, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Loftin, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey Allen Raynal, Houston, TX (US);
Vetco Gray Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A template for use in positioning subsea wellbores that has a drop away funnel that extends laterally from the template. The drop away funnel is used to locate a piling adjacent the wellbores and is selectively detached from the template after installing the piling. A tang and clevis type assembly mounts the drop away funnel to the template, where the tang and clevis are coupled together with a main stud. The main stud is oriented substantially parallel with an axis of the drop away funnel; so that when the stud is removed, the drop away funnel can decouple from the template and slide axially downward along the piling.