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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Lorents Reinås, Stavanger, NO;
Tore Geir Wernø, Sandnes, NO;
Alastair Buchanan, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STATOIL PETROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01); E21B 17/07 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressure joint is provided for use with a floating installation () that is connected to a stiff riser (). A low pressure slip joint () connects the installation () to the stiff riser (). A telescopic assembly () fitted with a high pressure seal () is arranged to be fitted within the low pressure slip joint () when in a non-extended configuration, such that normal operation of the low pressure slip joint () is not impeded.