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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Noah Teichmiller, Houston, TX (US);
Jack Darryl Payne, Spring, TX (US);
Hugh M. Thompson, Houston, TX (US);
Jonathan Bowman, Houston, TX (US);
Edward Nakajima, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Noah Teichmiller, Houston, TX (US);
Jack Darryl Payne, Spring, TX (US);
Hugh M. Thompson, Houston, TX (US);
Jonathan Bowman, Houston, TX (US);
Edward Nakajima, Sugar Land, TX (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A subsea removable flex joint laydown tool is described herein. The tool can include a body having a first portion and a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion. The tool can also include a flex joint coupling feature disposed on an inner surface of the first portion and the second portion toward a proximal end of the body, where the flex joint coupling feature is configured to couple with a first laydown tool coupling feature of a flex joint. The tool can further include a riser coupling feature disposed on the inner surface of the first portion and the second portion toward a distal end of the body, where the riser coupling feature is configured to couple with a second laydown tool coupling feature of a riser. The tool can also include at least one laydown tool coupling feature movably coupled to the first portion.