Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid riser tower and methods of installing same
- Patent Title (中): 混合提升塔及其安装方法
-
Application No.: US13460777Application Date: 2012-04-30
-
Publication No.: US08998539B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux , Gregoire De-Roux , Jean-Pierre Branchut
- Applicant: Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux , Gregoire De-Roux , Jean-Pierre Branchut
- Applicant Address: FR Suresnes
- Assignee: Acergy France SAS
- Current Assignee: Acergy France SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Suresnes
- Agency: Levy & Grandinetti
- Priority: GB0704670.9 20070310
- Main IPC: E21B17/01
- IPC: E21B17/01 ; E21B17/10

Abstract:
Disclosed is a riser including a plurality of pipelines. In one example there are three such pipelines extending from the seabed toward the surface and having an upper end supported at a depth below the sea surface. In one embodiment, a first of the pipelines acts as a central structural core, and the other pipelines are arranged around the first pipeline. In another embodiment, three pipelines are arranged around a structural core. In each case, the first of the pipelines can be a fluid injection line, and the other pipelines are production lines. Also disclosed is a riser having buoyancy along at least a part of its length. The buoyancy results in the riser having a generally circular cross-section, the circumference of which is non-contiguous. Methods of installing such risers are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120292039A1 HYBRID RISER TOWER AND METHODS OF INSTALLING SAME Public/Granted day:2012-11-22
Information query