Oil extracting installation incorporating manifold support mounting plates, and plate
US6148921A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B43/0107
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The invention features an offshore oil installation (1) comprising two mounting plates (6, 8) resting on the ocean bed, each mounting plate (6, 8) supporting a manifold (10; 10') connected at two ends with two respective terminal joining pieces of flexible pipe section (5, 7; 7, 9) fixed to the manifold (10; 10') substantially in the extension of each other, each manifold (10; 10') further comprising a flange for sealed joining with a pipe (12) coming from an underwater structure such as a wellhead (2; 3), the manifold (10; 10') of the two supporting plates (6; 8) being interconnected at one end by a flexible pipe section (7) and connected at the other end by two respective pipe sections (5, 9) to a surface extracting installation (4).
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