Patent ID: 8662181
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method providing a stabplate connection, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first part comprising a first stabplate and which is attached to an underwater structure; (b) providing a second part comprising a second stabplate carried by tooling; (c) engaging an end part of the tooling with said first part after passing the end part through said second part; (d) using the tooling to bring the first and second parts together so that said first and second stabplates mate with each other; (e) using the tooling to lock the first and second parts together by engaging a portion carried by the first part with a portion carried by the second part; (f) disengaging the end part of the tooling from the first part; and (g) removing tooling portions positioned within the second part from within said second part after disengaging the end part of the tooling, the first and the second parts remaining locked together.