Flexible pipe body with buoyancy element and method of producing same

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PATENT NO 8955553
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13886037

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A flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The flexible pipe body includes an inner fluid retaining layer; an armour layer provided radially outwards of the inner fluid retaining layer; and a buoyancy layer including a plurality of discrete elongate buoyancy elements provided radially outwards of the fluid retaining layer wound at a helical pitch angle equal to or more than 0 degrees and less than about 85 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the flexible pipe body.

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GE OIL & GAS UK LIMITEDNAILSEA BRISTOL BS48 1BS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Roberts, Andrew Peter Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, GB 4 28
Sheldrake, Terence Henry Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, GB 4 14
Tan, Zhimin Houston, US 31 412

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