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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Giovanni Massari, Venezia, IT;
Matteo Scarpa, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Giovanni Massari, Venezia, IT;
Matteo Scarpa, San Donato Milanese, IT;
SAIPEM S.p.A., San Donato Milanese, IT;
Abstract
A method of laying a pipeline from a laying vessel into a body of water includes guiding the pipeline along a supporting structure of a laying ramp using a number of guide devices, and acquiring an image of the pipeline, in an acquisition plane crosswise to the axis of the pipeline, at the free end of the laying ramp. The method also includes determining whether the acquired image is within an acceptance range predetermined as a function of the configuration of the supporting structure and the size of the pipeline, and emitting an error signal when the acquired image is not within the acceptance range.