WO2003012327A1 - A bending-restricting anchoring arrangement and an anchored flexible pipe structure - Google Patents
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- WO2003012327A1 WO2003012327A1 PCT/DK2002/000524 DK0200524W WO03012327A1 WO 2003012327 A1 WO2003012327 A1 WO 2003012327A1 DK 0200524 W DK0200524 W DK 0200524W WO 03012327 A1 WO03012327 A1 WO 03012327A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L1/00—Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water
- F16L1/12—Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water
- F16L1/20—Accessories therefor, e.g. floats, weights
- F16L1/201—Anchor rods
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
- E21B17/01—Risers
- E21B17/017—Bend restrictors for limiting stress on risers
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
- E21B43/013—Connecting a production flow line to an underwater well head
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L1/00—Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water
- F16L1/12—Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water
- F16L1/123—Devices for the protection of pipes under water
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- the invention relates to a bending-restricting anchoring arrangement for anchoring a flexible pipe between a surface vessel and subsea installation.
- the pipe can e.g. be anchored to the seabed or to another fixed structure.
- the invention also relates to an anchored flexible structure.
- An anchoring arrangement for minimizing overbending of a pipe is known e.g. from US Patent No. 4 906 137.
- this anchoring arrangement all parts of the pipe disposed between the first anchoring point and a fixed end point must be in the same plane.
- the angle of the part of the pipe which is positioned in immediate extension of the first anchoring point and projected on the plane spanned by the lower part of the pipe between the first anchoring point and the fixed end point, must be within narrow limits. In other words, it must be ensured that this part of the pipe, when being bent does not result in an overbending of the pipe between the first anchoring point and the fixed point.
- An object of the invention is to provide a bending-restricting anchoring arrangement for anchoring of a flexible pipe wherein the risk of overbending the pipe is reduced or even avoided.
- the distance and thereby the length of the main anchoring unit may preferably be between 1 and 19 m, such as between 1 and 10 m. In a preferred embodiment the length of the main anchoring unit is between 10 an 90 % of the length of the distance between the first and the second sleeves when they are mounted to a pipe.
- the first sleeve is movable with respect to the main anchoring unit, but the distance is fixed.
- the second holding sleeve is secured to the first holding sleeve via a mechanical coupling (11) and the main rigid connecting member (5).
- the mechanical coupling is interposed between the second holding sleeve and the rigid main connecting member.
- the mechanical coupling may be as above.
- the second holding sleeve may be movable in a well-defined manner in relation to the movement to the movement of the main rigid connecting member.
- the second holding sleeve is movable with respect to the main anchoring unit, and the movements is coordinated with the movement of the rigid connecting member.
- the anchoring unit may e.g. be fixed to the seabed or to another fix point e.g. a subsea structure.
- connections between, respectively, the main connection member to the main anchoring unit and the holding sleeve, as well as other connections, which are connecting connecting members to the respective elements of the anchoring arrangements may in principle be of any type, provided that the pivotally movements as defined in the claims being possibly.
- this connection may e.g. be provided with one or more hinge joint, and ball-socket joint
- the main rigid connecting member is secured to the main anchoring unit by a hinge joint, said main rigid connecting member (5) preferably being secured to the secured first (2) holding sleeve by a hinge joint.
- the second holding sleeve is connected to the anchoring unit by a sleeve support.
- the sleeve support should preferably be movable along the anchoring unit.
- the anchoring unit comprise a protruding floor adapted to be placed on and along the seabed and that the movable support is connected to the protruding floor and is movable along the protruding floor.
- the sleeve support may e.g.
- the sleeve support is provided with wheel, and the connection is provided by the weight of the pipe, so that the sleeve support is capable to move along the protruding floor e.g. with an area of the floor limited with a borderline along the protruding floor.
- the protruding floor is replaced be a separate floor separated from the anchoring unit but placed with a fixed distance to the anchoring unit.
- the mechanical coupling comprise one secondary rigid connection member, which is pivotally connecting the second holding sleeve to the first holding sleeve or the main rigid connecting member.
- the second holding sleeve may advantageously be supported by a sleeve support as described above. This structure is relatively easy to implement and thereby relatively cheap.
- connection between the secondary rigid connection member and the main rigid connecting member may be provided at a substantially distance to the connections between the main rigid connecting member and the anchoring unit. The closer the connection is placed to the first holding sleeve, the more of the movements of the first holding sleeve relative to the main anchoring unit will be transferred to the second holding sleeve.
- the distance of the connection between the secondary rigid connection to the second holding sleeve and the main rigid connecting member to the anchoring unit is at least 10 % such as at least 15 %, such as between 25 and 95 % of the length of the main rigid connecting member between the respective connections to the first holding sleeve and the anchoring unit.
- the mechanical coupling comprise one or more secondary rigid connection members pivotally connecting the second) holding sleeve to the first holding sleeve or the main rigid connecting member (5). If there is more than one secondary rigid connection members these secondary rigid connection members may e.g. be pivotally connected to each other.
- the anchoring arrangement for each connection members more than one, which are pivotally connected to each other and directly connects the second holding sleeve to the first holding sleeve or the main rigid connection member, the mechanical coupling comprises an additional secondary rigid connection member linking the pivotally connected connection members that directly connecting the second holding sleeve to the first holding sleeve or the main rigid connection member, to a fixed point in relation to the main anchoring unit, e.g. to the main anchoring unit or to a secondary anchoring unit fixed to the seabed.
- the mechanical coupling comprises two or more secondary rigid connection members
- anchoring arrangements are provided which are suitable in particular where the conditions of the bed are not suitable for supporting a movable support lying on the bed.
- the mechanical coupling comprise 3 secondary rigid connection members, a second, a third and a fourth rigid members, and wherein the second rigid member is pivotally connected to the first holding sleeve or to the rigid main connecting member, and to the fourth rigid member, and the fourth rigid member further is pivotally connected to the first holding sleeve, the third rigid member is pivotally connecting the connected second and fourth rigid members to an anchoring unit.
- the anchoring unit may e.g. be the main anchor unit or it may be a secondary anchoring unit, which may or may not be linked to the main anchoring unit. In use the main and the secondary anchoring unit or units should preferably be place with a fixed distance to each other, more preferably the anchoring unit should be fixed in position relative to each other.
- connection between the second rigid connection member and the main rigid connecting member may e.g. be provided at a substantially distance to the connection between the main rigid connecting member and the anchoring unit, e.g. at a distance of at least 10 %, such as at least 15 %, such as between 25 and
- the invention also relates to an anchored flexible pipe structure for the transport of a fluid from a seabed to a sea surface, wherein the structure comprising a bending-restricting anchoring arrangement as described above.
- the pipe is secured to the seabed between its two ends, a first end of the pipe being in liquid connection with a subsea installation such, as an oil field installation, and a second end of the pipe being in liquid connection with a surface vessel, such as a floating structure e.g. a platform or a ship.
- a subsea installation such as an oil field installation
- a surface vessel such as a floating structure e.g. a platform or a ship.
- fig. 1 shows the basic structure of a bending-restricting attachment arrangement according to the invention
- figs. 2a, 2b show the embodiment of fig. 2 seen from the left and in two positions
- the arrangement shown in fig. 1 operates in the manner that movements of the main rigid member 5 will result in a movement of the attachment sleeve 3 which may be a rotary or translatory movement or combinations of these.
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DE60212972T DE60212972D1 (en) | 2001-08-03 | 2002-08-05 | BENDING LIMITING ANCHORAGE ARRANGEMENT AND ANCHORED FLEXIBLE PIPE CONSTRUCTION |
CA2454407A CA2454407C (en) | 2001-08-03 | 2002-08-05 | A bending-restricting anchoring arrangement and an anchored flexible pipe structure |
AU2002355766A AU2002355766B2 (en) | 2001-08-03 | 2002-08-05 | A bending-restricting anchoring arrangement and an anchored flexible pipe structure |
EP02791432A EP1412665B1 (en) | 2001-08-03 | 2002-08-05 | A bending-restricting anchoring arrangement and an anchored flexible pipe structure |
NO20040372A NO332679B1 (en) | 2001-08-03 | 2004-01-27 | Bend limiting anchorage arrangement and anchored flexible helm construction. |
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