SUBSEA PIPE CUTTING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS

Some embodiments of the present subsea pipe cutting apparatuses use or include a frame, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to the frame and configured to apply pressurized fluid to a pipe to cut the pipe, and one or more of: a flange configured to secure the subsea pipe cutting apparatus relative...

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Hauptverfasser:	BABBITT, Guy, Robert, DALTON, John, Matthew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING BORING EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES LIGHTING MACHINE TOOLS MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PIPES SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING TURNING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	Some embodiments of the present subsea pipe cutting apparatuses use or include a frame, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to the frame and configured to apply pressurized fluid to a pipe to cut the pipe, and one or more of: a flange configured to secure the subsea pipe cutting apparatus relative to a blowout preventer stack, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to a rotating portion of the frame and configured to rotate about the pipe, one or more water jet nozzles movable between a retracted state and a deployed state in which the one or more water jet nozzles are radially closer to the pipe than when in the retracted state, one or more water jet nozzles pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to pivot while applying pressurized fluid to a surface of the pipe, and two or more water jet nozzles.