Pipelay in slurry trench
Patent
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OSTI ID:5322667
This patent describes a method for laying a pipeline offshore in the seafloor, comprising: excavating a deep trench in the seafloor; filling the trench with a slurry to maintain the integrity of the seafloor trench until the pipeline can be laid thereinto; laying the pipeline on top of the slurry; and sinking the pipeline through the slurry and downwardly in the trench.
- Assignee:
- Shell Western E and P Inc., Houston, TX
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4714379
- OSTI ID:
- 5322667
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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