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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Diego Lazzarin, Treviso, IT;
Massimo Fontolan, Zero Branco, IT;
Inventors:
Diego Lazzarin, Treviso, IT;
Massimo Fontolan, Zero Branco, IT;
Assignee:
Saipem S.p.A., San Donato Milanese, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 (2006.01); E02F 5/10 (2006.01); E02F 5/04 (2006.01); E02F 5/14 (2006.01); E02F 9/28 (2006.01); F16L 1/028 (2006.01); F16L 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 5/105 (2013.01); E02F 5/04 (2013.01); E02F 5/107 (2013.01); E02F 5/109 (2013.01); E02F 5/14 (2013.01); E02F 9/2866 (2013.01); F16L 1/028 (2013.01); F16L 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of laying underwater pipelines in the bed of a body of water, the method including laying an underwater pipeline along a given path on the bed of the body of water; breaking up a ground mass along the path to a given depth in the bed; and fluidifying the broken ground mass beneath the underwater pipeline to sink the underwater pipeline into the fluidified ground mass.