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Buoyant riser system

US3933108A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1974
Grant dateJan 20, 1976
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Expiry dateSep 3, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B17/012
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A buoyant marine riser system adapted to extend from a floating platform to a subsea wellhead wherein one or more riser sections include a series of circumferentially spaced, elongated, hollow, closed buoyant tanks containing a gaseous medium to make such riser sections substantially buoyant.

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