Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipeline abandon and recover method and system using a rope connected to the pipeline, and adapter for implementing the method
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Application No.: US14111081Application Date: 2012-04-16
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Publication No.: US10221966B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Stefano Bianchi , Sergio Bogge , Massimo Pulici
- Applicant: Stefano Bianchi , Sergio Bogge , Massimo Pulici
- Applicant Address: IT San Donato Milanese
- Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT San Donato Milanese
- Agency: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Priority: ITMI2011A0649 20110415
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/051890 WO 20120416
- International Announcement: WO2012/140631 WO 20121018
- Main IPC: F16L1/23
- IPC: F16L1/23 ; F16L1/20 ; B65H51/10

Abstract:
A pipeline A/R method using a rope connected to the pipeline, the method including winding/unwinding the rope utilizing a hauling machine to exert pull on the rope; adapting a crawler pipeline tensioning device to grip the rope in the crawler tensioning device; and exerting additional pull on a portion of rope between the crawler tensioning device and the pipeline.
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