Process and device for laying a pipe-in-pipe

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PATENT NO 9822905
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14564239

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The invention concerns a process and a device for laying a subsea pipeline according to the J-lay or S-lay method wherein straight sections are mounted onshore, dried and degassed then closed by plugs. The sections are loaded on a pipe-laying ship, are separated from their plugs before the welding. At the welding of each bulkhead a short pumping is operated to reduce the pressure in the part of the annulus located between the two last bulkheads and then the opening leading to the annulus are sealed.

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ITP SA11 QUAI CONTI LOUVECIENNES 78430

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Bonigen, Christian Carrières sous Poissy, FR 2 48
Geertsen, Christian Versailles, FR 9 51

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