SIX NEW IDEAS IN SUBSEA EQUIPMENT

Six new ideas in subsea equipment are described including (1) the Cammell Laird Sea-Bed Vehicle, a tractor-habitat concept to crawl along the ocean floor, (2) the Bias-Cut HydroCouple from HydroTech Services, Houston, for difficult out-of-alignment connections in deep water, (3) the Wilson Marine Systems' crawler diving bell for pre-surveying, pipeline inspection, and trenching in depths to 600 ft, (4) the Shellfish (Shell Development Co.) marine pipeline locator, (5) a recently patented method (Esso Production Research Corp.) for vertical subsea pipelaying at depths below 1000 ft, and (6) Brown & Root's three-main submarine for a 1200 ft operating depth.

• Corporate Authors:

  Gulf Publishing Company

  Box 2608
  Houston, TX  United States  77001
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 40-45
• Serial:
  • PIPE LINE INDUSTRY
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056175
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM