GB1374837A

GB1374837A – Connection of submerged pipes
– Google Patents

GB1374837A – Connection of submerged pipes
– Google Patents
Connection of submerged pipes

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Publication number
GB1374837A

GB1374837A
GB4130772A
GB4130772A
GB1374837A
GB 1374837 A
GB1374837 A
GB 1374837A
GB 4130772 A
GB4130772 A
GB 4130772A
GB 4130772 A
GB4130772 A
GB 4130772A
GB 1374837 A
GB1374837 A
GB 1374837A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
frame
baseplate
latch
conduit
locking head
Prior art date
1972-04-11
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Expired

Application number
GB4130772A
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd

Original Assignee
SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1972-04-11
Filing date
1972-09-06
Publication date
1974-11-20

1972-09-06
Application filed by SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd
filed
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SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASS Ltd

1974-11-20
Publication of GB1374837A
publication
Critical
patent/GB1374837A/en

Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

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

F16L1/00—Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water

F16L1/26—Repairing or joining pipes on or under water

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT

B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 

B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for

B63B35/04—Cable-laying vessels

B63B35/06—Cable-laying vessels for moving cable-ends from ship to shore

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

E21B43/013—Connecting a production flow line to an underwater well head

E21B43/0135—Connecting a production flow line to an underwater well head using a pulling cable

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

F16L1/00—Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water

F16L1/12—Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water

F16L1/16—Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water on the bottom

F16L1/165—Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water on the bottom by towing the pipe on or near the bottom

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

1374837 Making underwater connections SUBSEA EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES Ltd 6 Sept 1972 [11 April 1972] 41307/72 Heading F2G A connection frame 20 carrying a conduit 33 and a guide structure 11 is connected by a locking head portion 22 to a device 3 on a baseplate 1 anchored to a submerged surface. As shown, the frame 20 carries the locking head 22 on a shaft 18 and is pulled by a cable 19 attached to a surface vessel which is also used in placing the baseplate 1 on a pile 2. Sections of the conduit 33 are assembled on the surface vessel and connected to a swivel joint 36 and elbow 35 in the frame 20. The frame is pulled into the receiving and attachment device 3. Radial blades 25 tear away any seaweed, etc. which may be caught on the locking head 22 as it enters the device 3. Further pull on the cable 19 causes a shear pin 16 connecting an inner sleeve 15 within a housing 12 to shear. The sleeve 15 slides to a stop member 17 withdrawing a keeper pin 14 to free a latch 13. The latch 13 is then urged by a spring 38 to drop behind a shoulder 32 on the head 22 to lock the head in the device 3 and hence to the baseplate 1. When the latch 13 falls a contact 39 closes to operate a signalling device 41. The end of the vertical section of pipe 33 is plugged with packing 8 and closed by a cap 9. These may be removed by a rod string and apparatus is then used to effect a connection with the conduit 33 to a further pipe (38) (Fig. 7 not shown, and Specification 1,374,838; see this Division).

GB4130772A
1972-04-11
1972-09-06
Connection of submerged pipes

Expired

GB1374837A
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

FR7212603A

FR2136317A5
(en)

1972-04-11
1972-04-11

Publications (1)

Publication Number
Publication Date

GB1374837A
true

GB1374837A
(en)

1974-11-20

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ID=9096640
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Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

GB4130772A
Expired

GB1374837A
(en)

1972-04-11
1972-09-06
Connection of submerged pipes

Country Status (7)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US3846992A
(en)

JP
(1)

JPS568190B2
(en)

FR
(1)

FR2136317A5
(en)

GB
(1)

GB1374837A
(en)

IT
(1)

IT982723B
(en)

NL
(1)

NL163475C
(en)

NO
(1)

NO142540C
(en)

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Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

EP0110441A1
(en)

*

1982-11-24
1984-06-13
Giorgio Bormioli
Device for the head-to-head junction of two pipes for the transfer of fluid oil products, particularly for high-depth submarine use

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*

1974-04-05
1982-08-27
Subsea Equipment Ass Ltd

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(en)

*

1974-04-05
1982-04-16
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(en)

*

1974-09-12
1976-09-28
Sun Oil Company (Delaware)
Apparatus for connecting submarine pipelines to offshore structures

FR2335775A1
(en)

*

1975-12-19
1977-07-15
Petroles Cie Francaise

CONNECTION OF TWO SUBMERSIBLE DUCTS BY JOINING AND WELDING A SLEEVE

GB1549629A
(en)

*

1976-10-18
1979-08-08

US4133182A
(en)

*

1977-01-13
1979-01-09
Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production)
Apparatus and method of connecting a flowline to a subsea station

US4175620A
(en)

*

1977-12-06
1979-11-27
Brown & Root, Inc.
Methods and apparatus for anchoring offshore pipeline

FR2425602A1
(en)

*

1978-05-12
1979-12-07
Petroles Cie Francaise

PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PLACING THE END OF A SUBMARINE COLLECTION AND MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION

FR2461182A1
(en)

*

1978-12-27
1981-01-30
Mac Evoy Oilfield Equipment
Flow line coupling to offshore well head – by rope between flowline gland and coupling piece on hauling tool

FR2452046A1
(en)

*

1979-03-20
1980-10-17
Elf Aquitaine

CONNECTOR FOR AN UNDERWATER DRIVING END

US4693636A
(en)

*

1980-12-31
1987-09-15
Vetco Gray Inc.
Pipeline pull-in method and apparatus

FR2517763A1
(en)

*

1981-12-04
1983-06-10
Elf Aquitaine

DEVICE FOR ANCHORING SUBSEA PIPES IN A FIXED SLEEVE

US4601608A
(en)

*

1985-02-19
1986-07-22
Shell Offshore Inc.
Subsea hydraulic connection method and apparatus

FR2584150B1
(en)

*

1985-06-28
1988-04-08
Inst Francais Du Petrole

REMOTE HANGING AND TENSIONING SYSTEM OF AN ELONGATED ELEMENT

DE69324243T2
(en)

*

1993-05-13
1999-07-08
Cooper Cameron Corp

Anchor for underwater wellhead

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(en)

*

1995-11-14
1998-03-24
Fmc Corporation
Subsea connector system and method for coupling subsea conduits

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(en)

*

2005-03-14
2014-04-29
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc.
Riser installation from offshore floating production unit

US7967070B2
(en)

*

2006-07-12
2011-06-28
Deep Sea Technologies, Inc.
Diverless connector for bend restrictors and/or bend stiffeners

GB2447645B
(en)

*

2007-03-16
2011-10-19
Lewis Ltd
A subsea connector incorporating guide and latch means

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(en)

*

2007-12-20
2010-02-02
Technip France
System and method for installing a subsea pipeline

US8573305B2
(en)

*

2009-07-24
2013-11-05
Deep Sea Technologies, Inc.
Pull-head release mechanism for bend stiffener connector

GB2551953B
(en)

*

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2021-10-13
Equinor Energy As
Tie in of pipeline to subsea structure

DE102019100894B3
(en)

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ignition coil

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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

US3591204A
(en)

*

1968-05-07
1971-07-06
Fmc Corp
Underwater flow line connector system

US3604731A
(en)

*

1969-05-19
1971-09-14
Shell Oil Co
Simultaneous pipeline-wellhead connections

US3592014A
(en)

*

1969-09-04
1971-07-13
North American Rockwell
Pipe-connecting system for the remote connection of pipe ends

US3695350A
(en)

*

1970-07-29
1972-10-03
Shell Oil Co
Method and apparatus for connecting flowlines to underwater wellheads

US3701261A
(en)

*

1971-02-08
1972-10-31
Brown & Root
Apparatus for providing offshore installation

1972

1972-04-11
FR
FR7212603A
patent/FR2136317A5/fr
not_active
Expired

1972-09-06
GB
GB4130772A
patent/GB1374837A/en
not_active
Expired

1973

1973-04-05
US
US00348417A
patent/US3846992A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1973-04-06
IT
IT22646/73A
patent/IT982723B/en
active

1973-04-10
NO
NO1464/73A
patent/NO142540C/en
unknown

1973-04-10
JP
JP4011073A
patent/JPS568190B2/ja
not_active
Expired

1973-04-11
NL
NL7305026.A
patent/NL163475C/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

EP0110441A1
(en)

*

1982-11-24
1984-06-13
Giorgio Bormioli
Device for the head-to-head junction of two pipes for the transfer of fluid oil products, particularly for high-depth submarine use

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

IT982723B
(en)

1974-10-21

AU5421973A
(en)

1974-10-10

NL163475C
(en)

1980-09-15

DE2317913B2
(en)

1976-04-29

NL7305026A
(en)

1973-10-15

JPS4984903A
(en)

1974-08-15

NO142540C
(en)

1980-09-03

NL163475B
(en)

1980-04-15

US3846992A
(en)

1974-11-12

JPS568190B2
(en)

1981-02-21

DE2317913A1
(en)

1973-10-25

NO142540B
(en)

1980-05-27

FR2136317A5
(en)

1972-12-22

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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)

1991-05-01
PCNP
Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

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