Apparatus and system for coupling and/or aligning subsea tubular members

An apparatus may be used to properly orient and/or provide communication between a first subsea tubular member that is being landed on a second subsea tubular member. An apparatus for coupling subsea tubular members may include an alignment sub 54 and a corresponding alignment member 56. The alignme...

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Hauptverfasser:	Flavio E Santos, Blake T DeBerry, Robert Buxton, David Scantlebury, Todd L Scaggs, Andrew Mitchell, Gregory Norwood, Justin Rye, Matthew Crotwell, Morris B Wade
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus may be used to properly orient and/or provide communication between a first subsea tubular member that is being landed on a second subsea tubular member. An apparatus for coupling subsea tubular members may include an alignment sub 54 and a corresponding alignment member 56. The alignment sub includes: a generally cylindrical body 58 having one or more fluid, electric, or fiber optic lines extending therethrough, one or more couplings 118 coupled to at least one end of the alignment sub, and an orientation profile 64 disposed on a surface of the alignment sub. The alignment member has a profile designed to interface with the orientation profile of the alignment sub. The alignment member remains stationary, and the alignment sub is configured to rotate relative to the alignment member.