A PIPELINE IS LAID IN A PREDETERMINED PATH ON THE SEA BOTTOM FROM A SHIP

A pipeline is laid in a predetermined path on the sea bottom from a ship which has a guide chute fixed to the ship's side by lowering the pipeline down the chute into the water, automatically sensing the amount of stress in the chute due to the transverse drag forces created by the water against the pipeline, automatically altering the ship's course in the direction of these forces to diminish the drag and thus reduce the stress, and moving the ship along the predetermined path while steering it in the desired off-course direction.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • German Patent Application 1,943,148 dated March 5, 1970.
• Corporate Authors:

  Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij NV

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• Authors:
  • Kolb, R H
  • Nordgren, R P
  • Broussard, D E
  • Barry, D W
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Pipe laying; Pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056204
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM