Patent ID: 8628275

Claim:
A method of repairing an underwater tubular member having a wall surrounding a bore, comprising the steps of: a. providing a pair of clamp halves, each of the halves having a pair of longitudinally extending flanges; b. encapsulating a section of the tubular member with the half section, wherein the pair of flanges of one half section are fastened to the pair of flanges of the other half section; c. spacing the half section from the tubular member with multiple threaded fasteners that extend through the wall of each half section, each threaded fastener clamping against the underlying tubular member; d. sealing an annulus between each half section and the tubular member at spaced apart portions; e. wherein step “d” a seal member is fastened to a clamp half; f. pumping an epoxy grout into the annulus; g. wherein the tubular member has a damaged portion with an opening and in step “f” the bore is at least partially filled with epoxy next to said opening; and h. placing bore closures in the bore on opposing sides of the damaged portions and grouting the bore in between the closure members.