Patent ID: 8882389

Claim:
A pipeline termination skid to be mounted to a pipeline end section to support a pipeline hub of the pipeline end section during and after the connection of the pipeline hub to a corresponding spool piece hub, the pipeline termination skid comprising: a mobile base frame configured to support the pipeline termination skid against a seabed or a seabed-based foundation; and one or more holding units configured to secure the pipeline end section and the pipeline hub to the pipeline termination skid in a predetermined orientation in relation to the pipeline termination skid, the one or more holding unit supported by the base frame; the base frame comprises, at the bottom of the base frame, a downwardly directed opening for the pipeline end section to allow the pipeline termination skid to receive the pipeline end section, on the seabed or on the seabed-based foundation, by lowering the pipeline termination skid downwards onto the pipeline end section; the one or more holding unit comprises a downwardly directed seat comprising a downwardly directed entrance opening located above the opening of the base frame to allow the pipeline end section received in the base frame to be moved into contact with the seat by lifted upwards through the entrance opening in a direction essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pipeline end section; and the one or more holding unit further comprises a locking device configured to secure the pipeline end section to the one or more holding unit in a lifted position in contact with the seat of the one or more holding unit.