Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipelaying
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Application No.: US16467947Application Date: 2017-12-08
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Publication No.: US11448341B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior , Joao Carlos Carvalho Gouveia , Frederico Nicoletti de Fraga
- Applicant: Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Applicant Address: BR Niteroi
- Assignee: Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Current Assignee: Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Current Assignee Address: BR Niteroi
- Agency: Levy & Grandinetti
- Priority: GB1621012 20161209
- International Application: PCT/BR2017/050374 WO 20171208
- International Announcement: WO2018/102900 WO 20180614
- Main IPC: F16L1/16
- IPC: F16L1/16 ; F16L1/20 ; F16L1/26 ; F16L41/02

Abstract:
An in-line accessory structure for a subsea pipeline has an elongate pipe section arranged to be integrated into the pipeline, hence defining a flow axis through the structure. A branch has a lower end in fluid communication with the pipe section and an upper end in fluid communication with a connector hub. The structure further has a subsea foundation such as a mudmat, arranged to support the structure installed orientation. When the structure is in that orientation, the branch inclines inwardly from its lower end toward its upper end in a transverse direction, toward an upright longitudinal plane containing the flow axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200088320A1 Improvements Relating to Pipelaying Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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