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US 11,319,040 B2Granted
Method to install, adjust and recover buoyancy material from subsea facilities
AssigneeSafe Marine Transfer, LLC
InventorsJames E. Chitwood, Art J. Schroeder, Jr., Tom A. Gay
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Abstract
A system and process for removing rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material from a subsea facility, disposing rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material to a subsea facility, and recovering said rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material for reuse.
Claims4
A method of transporting a subsea facility, comprising at least one buoyancy containment vessel, between a sea floor and a sea surface, the method comprising:
- disposing a plurality of rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material in the at least one buoyancy containment vessel;
- adjusting an amount of rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material in the at least one buoyancy containment vessel to increase or decrease a buoyancy of the subsea facility or portion thereof;
- wherein each of the disposing and adjusting comprise counting a number of the rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material added or removed from the buoyancy containment vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.