Patent ID: 8833460
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: E21B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An oil pipe suspension device for suspending a riser on a submarine float between a seabed and a sea surface, the riser having a first connection end configured for connection to the suspension device and a first opposite bottom end configured for being anchored to the seabed while the first connection end is connected to the suspension device, the suspension device comprising: first and second spaced apart hitching members, the first hitching member having a second connection end configured for articulable connection to the submarine float, and the second hitching member having a respective second connection end configured for articulable connection to the riser; each hitching member including at least two hooks extending radially out from the hitching member; and a first flexible link supported by and extending between a first one of the hooks of the first hitching member and a first one of the hooks of the second hitching member; a second flexible link supported by and extending between a second one of the hooks of the first hitching member and a second one of the hooks of the second hitching member; wherein the first and the second flexible links are spaced apart from each other, and wherein the links are disengageable from the hooks.