Submarine connection assembly
AssigneeTechnip France
InventorsAnge Luppi, Alexandra Kollar
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Abstract
A submarine connection for interconnecting a riser pipe and a flexible pipe (26). The riser pipe has an upper end and the flexible pipe (26) has a lower end (30). A connection assembly includes a rigid fitting having a first limb (64) to be connected to the lower end (30) and a second limb (66) with a connector (67) on the end, and a body (36) having a head (42) and an opposing base (46) provided with an end piece (52) to be mounted on the upper end. The connection assembly also includes first guiding elements (60, 86) secured to the body (36), extending in a position at a distance from the axis of the end piece (52), and second guiding elements (76, 81) secured to the first limb (64), suitable for cooperating with the first guiding elements (60, 86).
Claims10
An underwater connection assembly for connecting, between a seabed and a sea surface, a riser extending from the seabed with a flexible pipe leading to the surface, the connection assembly comprising:
- the riser having an upper end, the flexible pipe having a lower end;
- a rigid U shaped coupling having a first limb connectable to the lower end and an opposite second limb ending in a connector;
- a frame having a top configured to be connected to a float and an opposite bottom;
- an end piece on the bottom and having an axis oriented toward the top end for being mounted on the upper end;
- a guide device configured to allow the connector to be guided in movement toward the end piece so that the connector and the end piece can be coupled together;
- the guide device comprising first guide members secured to frame, and second guide members secured to the U shaped coupling and the second guide members are able to collaborate with the first guide members, and
- the first and second guide members further comprise a damper configured to damp the movement of the connector toward the end piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.