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20100310319 | Floating Support Comprising a Device for the Retention and Securing of a Subsea Pipe - A floating support including a retaining and holding device for retaining and holding a pipe suspended from a floating support of the type comprising a ship for laying a bottom-to-surface connection pipe. The retaining and holding device comprises at least a first collar releasably locked around an end forging of a pipe element together with a support part at the floating support, said support part including load transfer and a rotary joint enabling the inclination of the pipe to be guided and having an effect of automatically centering the pipe. | 12-09-2010 |
20110042094 | Bottom-to-surface connection installation of a rigid pipe with a flexible pipe having positive buoyancy - A bottom-to-surface connection installation of at least two undersea pipes resting on the sea bottom. The installation having a first hybrid tower having a vertical riser anchored to a first base and connected to a the undersea pipe resting on the sea bottom and having its top end connected to a first sub-surface float. A first connection pipe, preferably a flexible pipe, providing the connection between a floating support and the top end of the riser and at least one second rigid pipe rising from the sea bottom on which it rests or from a second undersea pipe resting on the sea bottom to which its bottom end is connected, the bottom end not being anchored at the first base, up to the sub-surface where its top end is connected to a second float situated substantially at the same depth as the first float and fastened to the first float by a second flexible second connection pipe, providing connection to the floating support. | 02-24-2011 |
20110186169 | Coaxial Pipe Assembly Including a Thermalloy Insulating Sleeve - An assembly of two coaxial pipes of the PiP type, comprising at least two coaxial pipe unit elements each comprising an inner pipe and an outer pipe, defining an annular space, preferably filled with an insulating material, and assembled end to end by welding, including a sleeve with a hollow tubular wall made of rigid or semirigid material, preferably of plastics material or composite material, surrounding said pipe in register with the welded junction zone between said two coaxial pipe unit elements, said hollow tubular wall of the sleeve comprising an outer casing and an inner casing connected together at their longitudinal ends in leaktight manner, thereby defining an internal volume that is completely filled with a quasi-incompressible thermally insulating material. | 08-04-2011 |
20120192985 | Assembly of coaxial pipes including junction parts with sealed inner cavities, and method for making same - The present invention relates to an assembly of at least two coaxial pipes ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120280488 | Part for connecting pipes including an internal liner, a covering method, and a method of assembly - A method of covering the inside surface of a steel connection part having an empty inside volume ( | 11-08-2012 |
20130064606 | Seabed-to-Surface Linking Equipment Including a Flexible Pipe Guiding Structure - A bottom-to-surface connection installation between a plurality of undersea pipes resting on the sea bottom and a floating support on the surface and anchored to the sea bottom, the floating support including a turret; and a plurality of flexible hoses extending from the turret to respective ones of a plurality of rigid pipes, the rigid pipes providing connections between the flexible hoses and respective ones of the plurality of undersea pipes resting on the sea bottom, wherein the installation includes a guide structure maintained in the subsurface between the turret and the top of the rigid pipes, the guide structure being suitable for guiding the flexible hoses, the guide structure having a plurality of first guide elements with respective ones of the plurality of flexible hoses passing therethrough in such a manner that the flexible hose has at least a bottom flexible hose portion in a dipping catenary configuration, and a second flexible hose portion extending entirely above the point of contact between the flexible hose and the first guide element, this portion occupying a curve of catenary shape between the guide element through which it passes and the turret to which its top end is connected. | 03-14-2013 |
20130216315 | Modular device for the storage and handling of a plurality of flexible pipes - A modular storage and holder device for a plurality of flexible lines having a circular turntable arranged on a plane such as the deck of a ship and having reversibly attached thereto a central cylinder around which at least a first line is wound in carousel mode with a plurality of coaxial layers of helically superposed touching turns, internal posts serving as a winding support for at least one second flexible line itself retained by a series of second intermediate posts around which it is possible to wind at least one third flexible line, itself retained by peripheral retaining posts at the periphery of the turntable, the second and third lines being wound in rotary basket type mode having superposed pluralities of layers of juxtaposed concentric touching turns resting on a common plane. | 08-22-2013 |
20130251455 | Ship Having a Bridge Comprising a Cavity with a Built-In Rotary Plate - A ship for laying flexible undersea lines at sea, the ship having a deck including a cavity receiving said turntable and a motor-driven device for rotating the turntable and fastened to the carrier structure of the hull of the ship, also known as the “hull girder”. The top face of the circular turntable does not project significantly above the plane of the deck that is juxtaposed therewith. The turntable presents attachment elements for attaching a modular storage and handling device for storing and handling flexible lines by winding and unwinding the flexible lines. | 09-26-2013 |
20130315673 | Curvature Limiter For A Flexible Undersea Line, And Seabed-To-Surface Linking Equipment Including Same - The present invention relates to a curvature limiter device constituted by fastening tubular sleeves ( | 11-28-2013 |