Cased glory hole system
AssigneesTornado Drill Ltd., Volker Stevin Offshore Canada Inc.
InventorsDenis Gilbert, Ian MacGregor
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Abstract
A glory hole silo comprising a cylindrical casing open at the upper end thereof; an upwardly open porch for supporting a flowline, said porch extending horizontally from and cantilevered with respect to said casing, the upper surface of said porch opening to the interior of said casing and provided with means communicating with the interior of said casing for attaching a flowline; and a removable roof extending over the open upper end of said casing and porch. The porch structure permits flowlines to be readily connected without the intervention of a diver.
Claims6
A glory hole silo for installation in a glory hole in a subsea surface, comprising:
- a) a cylindrical casing open at the upper end thereof;
- b) a porch having an upper surface for supporting a hydrocarbon-carrying flowline, said porch secured at one end thereof to said upper end of said casing and extending horizontally from and cantilevered with respect to said upper end of said casing, the upper surface of said porch forming a generally horizontal planar area opening to the interior of said casing and provided with means communicating with the interior of said casing for attaching said flowline;
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- c) a removable roof extending over the open upper end of said casing and over said porch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.