Patent ID: 6148921
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
An offshore oil extracting installation comprising a first and a second separated mounting plates, each mounting plate for resting on the ocean bed;a first manifold supported to adjustably tilt on the first mounting plate and a second manifold supported to adjustably tilt on the second mounting plate; each manifold having respective first and second ends;a respective flange on each of the first and second manifolds for sealed connection to a respective pipe coming from an underwater structure, each flange having a longitudinal axis which extends in a direction in relation to the plate which direction is reorientable with the adjustment of the manifold;a flexible first pipe section connected between the first ends of the first and second manifolds connecting the first and second manifolds; respective second pipe sections each having a first end connected to the respective second end of one of the manifolds, and each second pipe section having a second end that is connectible to a surface extracting installation.