Patents Assigned to Kvaerner Subsea Contracting
  • Patent number: 5398762
    Abstract: In a subsea station for transporting a well stream, comprising a compressor (12, 13) with a motor (8) in a common drive atmosphere within a pressure shell (21), and provided with a lube oil circuit comprising a lube oil sump (25) open to the drive atmosphere in the pressure shell, a lube oil pump (27), bearings (19, 20, 14, 15, 16) in the motor (8) and compressor (11, 12, 13), and a lube oil flow line (29) to the bearings, said lube oil circuit is connected with a lube oil supply on the shore/platform. The lube oil circuit may be integrated in a lube oil flow line (28, 33) from the onshore/platform-based lube oil supply and back to the onshore/platform-based lube oil supply, or the lube oil circuit may be connected with a lube oil line (28) from the onshore/platform-based lube oil supply, and in the lube oil sump may be connected with the gas chamber through an overflow pipe (30) from the lube oil sump (25) and to the gas chamber ( 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Kvaerner Rosenberg a.s. Kvaerner Kvaerner Subsea Contracting
    Inventor: Kjell O. Stinessen
  • Patent number: 5382141
    Abstract: In the operation of a compressor system in a subsea station for transporting a well stream, separated well stream gas is supplied to a compressor (12, 13) which is arranged with its motor (8) in a common drive atmosphere within a pressure shell (21). As the drive atmosphere there is used a suitable, continually supplied dry extraneous gas, which is supplied to the well stream. There may be used a suitable dry extraneous gas which is stored in liquid form in an insulated container. There is also described a compressor system wherein there may be used as the drive atmosphere a continuously supplied, suitable dry extraneous gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Kvaener Rosenberg a.s. Kvaerner Subsea Contracting
    Inventor: Kjell O. Stinessen
  • Patent number: 5044440
    Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater station for pumping a well flow, comprising a separator for separating the well flow into liquid (oil/water) and gas, a pump assembly comprising a pump with a motor, and a compressor assembly comprising a compressor with a motor, as well as fluid carrying conduits between the separator and pump, and compressor, respectively. Separator, pump assembly, and compressor assembly are assembled into a compact unit with said three components arranged in a column structure, with pump assembly placed downmost, then separator, and with compressor assembly provided uppermost. The fluid carrying conduits are designed for connection (interface) in the bottom of said column structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Kvaerner Subsea Contracting
    Inventors: Kjell O. Stinessen, John L. Cotton, Jan S. Christensen
  • Patent number: 4906136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a conduit (5) to a subsea structure (1), which comprises laying the conduit on the sea floor, with a conduit end (8) in the area close to the subsea structure. The method is characterized in that the conduit end is gripped by a ROV (9) with a gripping manipulator (10), that ROV (9) with the gripped conduit end (8) is advanced to the subsea structure (1), that the conduit end is introduced like a piston in a suitable receiving member (2) in the subsea structure, and that a negative pressure is provided in the receiving member so that conduit end (8) is sucked into the receiving member (2). The invention also relates to a device for use in connecting a conduit end (8) to a subsea structure (1). Conduit end (8) is advanced from the side of subsea structure (1) into a receiving member (2) of the subsea structure and is secured there. Receiving member (2) and conduit end (8) are mutually adapted so that conduit end (8) can move like a piston in receiving member (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Kvaerner Subsea Contracting A/S
    Inventors: Erik Norbom, Rune Sletten