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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Technip France, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventor:
Ange Luppi, Nîmes, FR;
Assignee:
TECHNIP FRANCE, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/15 (2006.01); F16L 1/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/013 (2006.01); E02B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/01 (2006.01); B63B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 17/02 (2013.01); B63B 27/02 (2013.01); E21B 17/012 (2013.01); E21B 43/0135 (2013.01); F16L 1/15 (2013.01); F16L 1/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for installing a self-supporting tower at a sea bed. An anchoring mechanism () is installed on the bed. A float () and a tubular pipe () are submerged and then driven towards the bed () to attach to one of the ends () of the anchoring mechanism (), while the float () is fastened to the other () of the ends keeping the pipe () vertical above the anchoring mechanism (). The tubular pipe () and the float () are supplied separately. The float () is kept submerged at a distance away from the anchoring mechanism (). The tubular pipe () is suspended from the float via the other () of the ends of the pipe.