Composite layer and method thereof
AssigneeBaker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited
InventorsFabio De Souza PIRES, Andre Leao MACEDO, Richard Alasdair CLEMENTS, Andrew Peter ROBERTS, Colin William RUSSELL, Garry Ian KENDALL
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Abstract
A flexible pipe body for transporting production fluids, and a method of manufacturing a flexible pipe body are provided. The flexible pipe body comprises: a helically wound metallic armour layer; and a composite tape layer for reducing fluid permeation of the production fluids to a pipe annulus, wherein the composite tape layer comprises a plurality of fibres; wherein the composite tape layer is positioned radially inward of the helically wound metallic armour layer.
Claims29
A flexible pipe body for transporting production fluids, the flexible pipe body comprising:
- a helically wound metallic armour layer;
- and
- a composite tape layer for reducing fluid permeation of the production fluids to a pipe annulus, wherein the composite tape layer comprises a plurality of fibres;
- wherein the composite tape layer is positioned radially inward of the helically wound metallic armour layer.
A method of manufacturing a flexible pipe body, the method comprising:
- providing a composite tape layer for reducing fluid permeation to a metallic armour layer;
- and
- helically winding the metallic armour layer radially outward of the composite tape layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.