Method for installing a sensing cable along a pipeline
AssigneeOmnisens SA
InventorsDana Dutoit, Carlos José dos Santos Borda, Marc Niklès
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Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a method for installing a sensing cable along a pipeline, comprising the steps of, attaching one or more conduits to an outer-surface of a pipe which is to be installed in a bore hole to form a pipeline assembly; moving the pipeline assembly into the bore hole; moving an fiber optic sensing cable into one or more of the conduit after the pipeline assembly has been moved into the bore hole or before the pipeline assembly has been moved into the bore hole. There is further provided a corresponding pipeline assembly, and a attachment head which can facilitate attachment of a pulling line to a pipeline assembly.
Claims16
A method for installing a sensing cable along a pipeline, comprising the steps of,
- attaching one or more conduits to an outer-surface of a pipe which is to be installed in a bore hole to form a pipeline assembly;
- moving the pipeline assembly into the bore hole;
- moving a fiber optic sensing cable into one or more of the conduit after the pipeline assembly has been moved into the bore hole or before the pipeline assembly has been moved into the bore hole.
A pipeline assembly comprising,
- a pipe which is suitable for occupying a horizontal drilled section;
- one or more conduits which is/are attached to an outer-surface of the pipe, wherein each of the one or more conduits is suitable for receiving a fiber optical sensing cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.