Riser assembly and method of forming a riser assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9708864
SERIAL NO

14579930

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A riser assembly for transporting fluids from a sub-sea location is disclosed. The riser assembly includes a riser having at least one segment of flexible pipe and a plurality of buoyancy compensating elements connected to the riser and connected together in an in-line configuration to form a mid-line buoyancy section. The riser assembly also includes at least one buoyancy aid connected to the riser at a position above and spaced apart from the mid-line buoyancy section. The at least one buoyancy aid forms a first distributed buoyancy section and is sufficiently buoyant to maintain a tension load on the riser between the first distributed buoyancy section and the mid-line line buoyancy section. The riser assembly further includes at least one further buoyancy compensating element connected to the riser at a position above and spaced apart from the first distributed buoyancy section to form a second distributed buoyancy section. The second distributed buoyancy section is configured to support a portion of the riser in a wave configuration.

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  • GE OIL & GAS UK LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hou, Yucheng Katy, US 12 23
Karabelas, George Houghton le Spring, GB 16 87
Pires, Fabio de Souza Rio de Janeiro, BR 9 16
Tan, Zhimin Katy, US 30 401
Tian, Yuan Houston, US 105 1361
Zhang, Yanqiu Houston, US 17 29

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