Patent ID: 7503727

Claim:
A pipeline termination skid to be mounted to a pipeline end section so as to support a pipeline hub during the connection of the pipeline hub to a corresponding spool piece hub, the pipeline termination skid comprising one or several holding devices for securing the pipeline end section and the associated pipeline hub to the pipeline termination skid in a predetermined orientation in relation to the pipeline termination skid, wherein the respective holding device is provided with a seat having an upwardly directed opening through which the pipeline end section is insertable subsea by being lowered in a direction essentially perpendicular to its own longitudinal axis so as to be received in the seat, and the seat of the respective holding device is designed to be engageable with an alignment element secured about the pipeline end section by displacement of the pipeline termination skid in relation to a pipeline end section received in the seat of the respective holding device in the longitudinal direction of said pipeline end section so as to thereby fix the pipeline end section axially and radially in relation to the pipeline termination skid.