Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipe-in-pipe pipelines
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Application No.: US15777392Application Date: 2016-11-16
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Publication No.: US11112047B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Alexey Varfolomeev , Torgeir Kullerud Helland
- Applicant: TECHNIP FRANCE
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
- Current Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber LLP
- Priority: EP15306844 20151120
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/077905 WO 20161116
- International Announcement: WO2017/085147 WO 20170526
- Main IPC: F16L39/00
- IPC: F16L39/00 ; F16L1/20

Abstract:
A pipe-in-pipe (PIP) connector for use in a PIP pipeline for laying in a marine environment, the PIP pipeline including at least metal inner and outer pipes and an annular space thereinbetween, the connector including at least: (a) a first connector end including inner and outer longitudinal collars corresponding in circumference to the circumferences of the inner and outer pipes of the PIP pipeline, and weldable to a PIP pipeline, and (b) a second connector end including a machined portion configured to match and connect with a complementary portal or bore of an in-line subsea structure, and a coupling portion for coupling with a pipeline section, the coupling being decoupable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190072221A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO PIPE-IN-PIPE PIPELINES Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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