GB1374838A – Apparatus and process for making connections between submarine conduits
– Google Patents
GB1374838A – Apparatus and process for making connections between submarine conduits
– Google Patents
Apparatus and process for making connections between submarine conduits
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Publication number
GB1374838A
GB1374838A
GB4130872A
GB4130872A
GB1374838A
GB 1374838 A
GB1374838 A
GB 1374838A
GB 4130872 A
GB4130872 A
GB 4130872A
GB 4130872 A
GB4130872 A
GB 4130872A
GB 1374838 A
GB1374838 A
GB 1374838A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
support
connector
conduit
stop
pipe
Prior art date
1972-04-10
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Expired
Application number
GB4130872A
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SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd
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SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd
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1972-04-10
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1972-09-06
Publication date
1974-11-20
1972-09-06
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SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd
1974-11-20
Publication of GB1374838A
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patent/GB1374838A/en
Status
Expired
legal-status
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Classifications
E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
E21B43/0107—Connecting of flow lines to offshore structures
F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
F16L37/00—Couplings of the quick-acting type
F16L37/002—Couplings of the quick-acting type which can be controlled at a distance
Abstract
1374838 Apparatus for connecting submerged pipes; cleaning with fluid jet SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES Ltd 6 Sept 1972 [10 April 1972] 41308/72 Heading F2G and F2N Apparatus for connecting a pipe 32 by remote control between submerged terminal stations, each having a conduit 15 and a guide structure 35 therearound, includes a mobile support 40 carrying connectors 11, 7 linked by the pipe 32. The connectors 11, 7 are held in the support 40 by retaining means 41, 58 and 13, 12 which are released in turn at each terminal station by contact with a stop member 14 on the guide structure. The connectors lock on to the conduit end 15 by depression of a connector control member 11d (see Specification 1,374,712 this Division). After connection of the lower connector 11 to the conduit 15 the support 40 is movable to a second terminal station and connector 7 is connected to a conduit (38) (Figs. 2, 3 not shown), inside a guide structure (37) thus connecting the conduits by the pipe 32. As shown, the support 40 is lowered from the surface on a rod string 33 provided with impact absorption devices both on the surface vessel and at 23, 24, and guided to the terminal by a locating device 10, e.g. sonar equipment, the pipe being held clear of the support by floats 28, 29 connected by frangible painters 47, 48 to a support 30. As the support 40 is lowered into the guide structure 35 a feeler 19 contacts a stud 52 and triggers the release of a first stop 25, Fig. 1b to release a rod 22 and thus also the support structure 40. The support 40 drops causing the stop 14, Fig. 1a, to lift a sleeve 13 which frees locking ball 41. An abutment 9 on a sleeve 18 depresses the connector control member 11d to lock the connector on to a flange 15a of the conduit 15. During this lowering, a lever 56, Fig. 1a, controlling the tap 4a of a compressed air bottle 2, strikes a stop 57 to open the tap. Compressed air is delivered through a tube 16 when the end of the tube is adjacent the flange 15a. The eddies of water so formed remove marine fouling on the flange 15a to ensure a good connection. The support is then raised and moved to the second terminal where the operation is repeated with the upper connector 7, a second stop 26 initiating the fall of support 40, release of locking ball 58, opening of a tap 4b and depression of the connector lock control 7b by a plate 34. As the rod string 33 is finally raised, frangible painters 47, 48 break since the floats 28, 29 are connected to rod 33 by lines 49, 50.
GB4130872A
1972-04-10
1972-09-06
Apparatus and process for making connections between submarine conduits
Expired
GB1374838A
(en)
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Filing Date
Title
FR7212485A
FR2136291A5
(en)
1972-04-10
1972-04-10
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GB1374838A
(en)
1974-11-20
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GB4130872A
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GB1374838A
(en)
1972-04-10
1972-09-06
Apparatus and process for making connections between submarine conduits
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US
(1)
US3899894A
(en)
JP
(1)
JPS5217802B2
(en)
AU
(1)
AU474274B2
(en)
CA
(1)
CA988415A
(en)
FR
(1)
FR2136291A5
(en)
GB
(1)
GB1374838A
(en)
IT
(1)
IT982722B
(en)
NL
(1)
NL155086B
(en)
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Title
FR2271484B1
(en)
*
1974-05-17
1976-12-24
Doris Dev Richesse Sous Marine
US4069685A
(en)
*
1974-05-17
1978-01-24
C. G. Doris (Campagnie Generale Pour Les Developpements Operationnels Des Richesses Sous-Marines)
Method of and device for forming a fluidtight duct transition through a wall
US4062402A
(en)
*
1976-03-18
1977-12-13
Enterprise De Recherches Et D’activites Petrolieres (E.R.A.P.)
Method and apparatus for connecting a riser pipe to blow out preventer stack at the head of an oil well
FR2517068B1
(en)
*
1981-11-24
1985-10-11
Inst Francais Du Petrole
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLACING IN A DETERMINED RELATIVE POSITION TWO UNDERWATER ELEMENTS IN A CONDUCTIVE LIQUID MEDIUM
US6742594B2
(en)
*
2002-02-06
2004-06-01
Abb Vetco Gray Inc.
Flowline jumper for subsea well
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Title
FR1520758A
(en)
*
1967-03-03
1968-04-12
Entpr De Rech S Et D Activites
Device for connecting pipes or submerged tanks
US3486556A
(en)
*
1967-05-01
1969-12-30
Stewart & Stevenson Inc Jim
Underwater connecting apparatus
US3586103A
(en)
*
1968-04-17
1971-06-22
North American Rockwell
Coupling apparatus for coupling an underwater operating and servicing module to a plurality of underwater wells through a single receptacle
US3516492A
(en)
*
1968-05-23
1970-06-23
Shell Oil Co
Underwater wellhead connector
US3482410A
(en)
*
1968-07-01
1969-12-09
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Underwater flowline installation
US3658366A
(en)
*
1970-04-23
1972-04-25
Columbia Gas Syst
Underwater pipeline connection
1972
1972-04-10
FR
FR7212485A
patent/FR2136291A5/fr
not_active
Expired
1972-09-06
GB
GB4130872A
patent/GB1374838A/en
not_active
Expired
1973
1973-04-03
US
US347513A
patent/US3899894A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime
1973-04-04
NL
NL737304642A
patent/NL155086B/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation
1973-04-06
IT
IT22645/73A
patent/IT982722B/en
active
1973-04-06
AU
AU54218/73A
patent/AU474274B2/en
not_active
Expired
1973-04-09
CA
CA168,202A
patent/CA988415A/en
not_active
Expired
1973-04-10
JP
JP48040109A
patent/JPS5217802B2/ja
not_active
Expired
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NL7304642A
(en)
1973-10-12
CA988415A
(en)
1976-05-04
IT982722B
(en)
1974-10-21
JPS5217802B2
(en)
1977-05-18
FR2136291A5
(en)
1972-12-22
US3899894A
(en)
1975-08-19
NL155086B
(en)
1977-11-15
AU474274B2
(en)
1976-07-15
JPS4984901A
(en)
1974-08-15
AU5421873A
(en)
1974-10-10
DE2317531A1
(en)
1973-10-18
DE2317531B2
(en)
1977-02-17
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Legal Events
Date
Code
Title
Description
1975-04-03
PS
Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
1982-01-13
732
Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
1985-04-24
PCNP
Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee
