Patent ID: 8899630

Claim:
A subsea pipe connection assembly comprising: a first flange having a plurality of holes formed therein, said first flange having a first side and a second side; a nut magazine positioned against said second side of said first flange, said nut magazine having a plurality of nuts therein corresponding in location respectively with said plurality of holes of said first flange; a second flange having a plurality of holes formed therein, said plurality of holes of said second flange aligned with said plurality of holes of said first flange, said second flange having a first side and a second side; and a plurality of studs respectively extending through said plurality of holes of said first flange and said plurality of holes of said second flange, said plurality of nuts in said nut magazine respectively affixed to one end of said plurality of studs, said plurality of studs respectively having a plurality of nuts affixed thereto at said first side of said second flange, said nut magazine having a sleeve having an inner surface fitted against an outer periphery of said first flange, said sleeve of said nut magazine having a facing surface overlying a portion of said first side of said first flange, said facing surface extending inwardly from said sleeve.