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Connection-disconnection device between tubing and underwater wellhead for use with articulated production installations

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6160888

This invention concerns a seabed device to support tubing connected to a wellhead. The device comprises a flange at the bottom end of the tubing, fitting into a rigid frame attached to and detachable from a framework located on the seabed, the said flange being connected to the wellhead by the same number of flexible pipes as there are passages in the tubing, with a connection-disconnection device to attach these flexible pipes to the wellhead. This device relieves the wellhead of stresses transmitted by the tubing.

Assignee:
Nationale Elf Aquitaine (production)(France)
Patent Number(s):
US 4260289
OSTI ID:
6160888
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English