FLOWLINE JUMPER FOR SUBSEA WELL - VETCO GRAY INC ABB

Title:

FLOWLINE JUMPER FOR SUBSEA WELL

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2003067020

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A subsea well system has a flowline jumper (23) that extends between components (15, 39) on the sea floor. The jumper (23) has connectors (21, 37) on each end for connecting to the two components and has a curved portion. At least a portion of the jumper is buoyant to cause it to assume a vertical arcuate configuration when installed. One end of the jumper has a connector (21) that has a mandrel that guides into a mating socket formed on the end of an arm (29). The arm (29) is mounted to a ring (31) that can be rotated to various orientations.

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Inventors:

LANGFORD GAWAIN
DEZEN FRANCISCO
SOLLIE LARS-PETTER
FENTON STEPHEN P

Application Number:

PCT/US2003/003635

Publication Date:

August 05, 2004

Filing Date:

February 06, 2003

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Assignee:

VETCO GRAY INC ABB (US)
ABB OFFSHORE SYSTEMS INC (US)

International Classes:

B01D17/00; B01D17/02; C02F1/48; E21B33/038; E21B43/013; E21B43/36; E21B43/40; C02F1/40; (IPC1-7): E21B29/12

Foreign References:

US3524325A	1970-08-18
US4175620A	1979-11-27
US3495658A	1970-02-17
US4820083A	1989-04-11

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