A marine pipeline installation vessel for laying a pipeline on the via the reel lay method. The vessel comprises a storage reel for storage of the pipeline to be laid, and a pipeline launch tower mounted to the vessel, which pipeline launch tower is adapted to launch the pipeline in a firing line along said tower. Furthermore a pipeline guide is provided which is mounted at an elevated position to the pipeline launch tower, which is adapted to guide a pipeline from a storage reel over the pipeline guide into the firing line. The pipeline guide comprises a base frame member which supports thereon a pipeline straightening assembly, which is pivotal between a first position, wherein the straightening assembly is aligned with the firing line, and a second position, wherein the base frame member and the straightening assembly are remote from the firing line.
MARINE PIPELINE INSTALLATION VESSEL AND METHOD
UNTERWASSERPIPELINE-INSTALLATIONSSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN
NAVIRE ET PROCÉDÉ D'INSTALLATION D'UN PIPELINE MARIN
2020-05-27
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch