Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipelaying
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Application No.: US14771781Application Date: 2014-03-03
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Publication No.: US09909689B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: David Du
- Applicant: Subsea 7 Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Sutton
- Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
- Current Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Sutton
- Agency: Levy & Grandinetti
- Priority: GB1303802.1 20130304
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/050610 WO 20140303
- International Announcement: WO2014/135849 WO 20140912
- Main IPC: F16L1/20
- IPC: F16L1/20 ; F16L1/24

Abstract:
A mudmat for a subsea pipeline accessory has a body with an accessory support structure arranged to lie underneath and support an accessory. At least one foundation element attached to the body is movable from a stowed position at least partially under the accessory support structure into a deployed position extending laterally from the accessory support structure after overboarding the accessory from a vessel and before landing the accessory on the seabed. Two or more foundation elements may be deployed simultaneously in laterally-opposed directions transverse to the longitudinal axis of a pipe that supports the accessory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160025240A1 Pipelaying Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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