Patent SG-11201908636U-A (SG)
Title: Abandonment and recovery system for a subsea pipeline
Inventor: DE JONG PIETER HILBRAND
IPC: F16L1/20
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: 1 4 17 1-1 1-1 1-1 N N N 1-1 00 O N C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 27 September 2018 (27.09.2018) WI P0 I P C T mu °million OH olo 010 VIII turnoff oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/174717 Al 57 (51) International Patent Classification: F16L 1/16 (2006.01) F16L 1/20 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/NL2018/050182 (22) International Filing Date: 23 March 2018 (23.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2018569 23 March 2017 (23.03.2017) NL (71) Applicant: BLUEMARINE OFFSHORE YARD SERVICES B.V. [NL/NL]; Ophemerststraat 85, 3089 JD Rotterdam (NL). (72) Inventors: DE JONG, Pieter Hilbrand; Soesterberghof 206, 2631 U Nootdorp (NL). HEEREMA, Eline Wil- helmina; Blauwe Kamerlaan 15, 2594 BK The Hague (NL). (74) Agent: GROOTSCHOLTEN, Johannes Antonius Maria; Bezuidenhoutseweg 57, 2594 AC The Hague (NL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (54) Title: ABANDONMENT AND RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR A SUBSEA PIPELINE 13 81 11 103 55 53 15 83 UU7 I 1.1U4 1 1 r LJUDDI C10511 ) SU I \" 1:1` 1 . :3:::: 1 1 i L l s --1' e® se I do3 115 19 49 ' 117 FIG. 1 (57) : The present invention relates to an abandonment and recovery system (1) for a subsea pipeline (3). The system according to the invention comprises a pipeline attachment assembly (5) configured to be attached to a pipeline end (13); and a cable attachment assembly (7) configured to be attached to at least one abandonment and recovery cable (15). The pipeline attachment assembly (5) comprises a bendable connection (81) that connects a pipeline attachment (83) to a connector part (17) of the pipeline attachment as- sembly (5). The bendable connection (81) has, over the distance thereof, an essentially constant circumferential shape and an essentially constant size. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/174717 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIREEMOMMEHOHEOEHMEMIS TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))