Global Patent Index - EP 2176506 A2

EP 2176506 A2 20100421 - CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR RISER WITH HEAVE COMPENSATION

Title (en)

CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR RISER WITH HEAVE COMPENSATION

Title (de)

VERBINDERANORDNUNG FÜR EIN STEIGROHR MIT SEEGANGSAUSGLEICH

Title (fr)

ENSEMBLE CONNECTEUR POUR UNE COLONNE MONTANTE AVEC COMPENSATION DE HEURE

Publication

EP 2176506 A2 20100421 (EN)

Application

EP 08788333 A 20080815

Priority

  • GB 2008002764 W 20080815
  • GB 0716130 A 20070817
  • US 93552807 P 20070817

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2451958A] A connector assembly for use on a vessel to eliminate relative vertical movement (heave) between the vessel and a riser (20, fig 4) attached to a sub-sea well, includes a first connector part 4 to be secured to the riser (20, fig 4) and a second connector part 3 to be secured to the vessel. The second connector part 3 is connectable to the first connector part 4 without relative axial movement and disconnectable from the first connector part 4 to allow relative axial movement between the first 4 and second 3 connector parts. There is also an alignment mechanism 30 which, when the first 4 and second 3 connector parts are disconnected, maintains the connector parts 4, 3 in axial alignment and spaced apart in a non-sealed manner by a gap the size of which varies with relative axial movement of the first 4 and second 3 connector parts.

IPC 8 full level

E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB)

E21B 17/01 (2013.01 - GB); E21B 19/004 (2013.01 - GB); E21B 19/006 (2013.01 - EP GB); E21B 19/24 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 0814975 D0 20080924; GB 2451958 A 20090218; GB 2451958 B 20120711; BR PI0815538 A2 20150210; BR PI0815538 B1 20180214; DK 2176506 T3 20190401; EP 2176506 A2 20100421; EP 2176506 B1 20181226; GB 0716130 D0 20070926; WO 2009024760 A2 20090226; WO 2009024760 A3 20090522

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 0814975 A 20080815; BR PI0815538 A 20080815; DK 08788333 T 20080815; EP 08788333 A 20080815; GB 0716130 A 20070817; GB 2008002764 W 20080815