Abstract: The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line by connecting a first line from the buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting the first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from the second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of the body of water changes the tension on the first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by the weight is less than the change in the depth of the body of water.

Abstract: The method of attaching a pulling head to two or more wires or cables for installation in a conduit, comprising providing a first area for attaching the pulling head, placing two or more wire or cable supply spools on a first side of the first area, placing a receiving spool on the opposite or second side of the first area, feeding a portion of the wires or cables from the wire or cable supply spools onto the receiving spool, placing a terminating table in the first area below the wires or cables, cutting the wires or cables at staggered length from the receiving spool, stripping a portion of the covering from the wires or cables from the outer diameter of the two or more wires or cables, installing a connection onto each of the two or more wires or cables.

Abstract: In a subsea system where subsea devices are operated using a pressurized fluid from one or more accumulators, the method of providing flow of pressurized fluid to operate a device which is greater than the flow from an accumulator providing the flow, comprising discharging the accumulator to drive one or more motors, driving one or more pumps by the one or more motors, the one or more pumps having a larger displacement than the one or more motors such that the one or more pump outputs a greater volume of fluid than the motor consumes, and delivering the output of the one or more pumps to operated the subsea device.

Abstract: The method of safely handling compressed gas in a dual bottle subsea accumulator during service operations comprising providing a gas bottle for the primary purpose of storing gas which will be compressed to provide accumulated energy, providing a hydraulic bottle with the primary purpose of converting the energy stored in the gas bottle into pressurized hydraulic supply fluid, providing interconnecting plates at the top and bottom of the gas bottle and the hydraulic bottle with porting to communicate the gas from the gas bottle to the hydraulic bottle, providing a first closure valve in a protected position within the top of the gas bottle, providing a second closure valve in a protected position within the bottom of the gas bottle, expelling a majority of the gas from the hydraulic bottle into the gas bottle, closing the first closure valve and the second closure valve, and removing the interconnecting plates from the gas bottle and the hydraulic bottle, and servicing the hydraulic bottle.

Abstract: The method of attaching a pulling head to two or more wires or cables for installation in a conduit, comprising providing a first area for attaching the pulling head, placing two or more wire or cable supply spools on a first side of the first area, placing a receiving spool on the opposite or second side of the first area, feeding a portion of the wires or cables from the wire or cable supply spools onto the receiving spool, placing a terminating table in the first area below the wires or cables, cutting the wires or cables at staggered length from the receiving spool, stripping a portion of the covering from the wires or cables from the outer diameter of the two or more wires or cables, installing a connection onto each of the two or more wires or cables.

Abstract: Non-marking slips for engaging a pipe surface for failsafe support in a first direction, comprising the pipe surface having a pipe centerline, one or more slip segments having a first slip surface which proximately conforms to the pipe surface, a tapered slip surface at a taper angle to the pipe centerline, the taper angle having a taper angle sine, a first coefficient of friction between the pipe surface and the first slip surface, a slip body having one or more slip body tapered surfaces proximately parallel to the tapered slip surface, a low friction bearing material between the slip body tapered surface and the tapered slip surface such that there is a second coefficient of friction between the slip body tapered surface and the tapered slip surface, such that the combination of the second coefficient of friction plus the taper angle sine is less than the first coefficient of friction, such that when loaded from a first direction, slippage will occur between the slip body tapered surface and the tapered sl

Abstract: A method producing a relative vacuum in a subsea pipeline to assist in the disassociation of a hydrate comprising providing a tool assembly comprising a sealing cup to engage the bore of the pipeline, a vacuum pump, and slips to engage the bore of the pipeline, attaching the tool assembly to a coiled tubing string and inserting the tool assembly into an access point in the pipeline, pumping into the annular area between the bore of the pipeline and the outer diameter of the coiled tubing string to move the tool assembly to a distal location within the pipeline at a lower elevation than the access point, pumping into the coiled tubing string to set the slips and to power the vacuum pump to pull the relative vacuum within the pipeline, pumping into the annular area to vent the relative vacuum into the coiled tubing string, and pumping through the coiled tubing string into the area in front of the tool assembly to assist in the recovery of the tool assembly from the pipeline.

Abstract: A method of providing motion compensation of a subsea package with a synthetic rope comprising attaching the synthetic rope to the subsea package, supporting a first gripper with a wire rope from a winch capable of motion compensation control characteristics and gripping the synthetic rope with the first gripper, supporting a second gripper with a second wire rope, and repeating the following sequence: lowering the first gripper, the synthetic rope, and the subsea package a first distance, gripping the synthetic rope with the second gripper, releasing the first gripper from the synthetic rope, raising the first gripper the first distance, gripping the synthetic rope with the first gripper, releasing the second gripper from the synthetic rope, such that when the subsea package is lowered proximate the subsea landing location the winch capable of operating with motion compensation characteristics can operate to compensate for the vessel motion and smoothly lower the subsea package to the subsea landing location

Abstract: A protector for protecting the internal bore of a pipeline bend from a line being pulled through the pipeline bend during servicing operations including a first liner section which will travel along the pipeline to the pipeline bend bend but which will not pass through the pipeline bend, a one or more of second liner sections which will pass through the bend but are connected to the first liner section, releaseably connecting the liner sections to a service pig, pulling the liner sections into the pipeline with the service pig until the first liner section encounters the bend and stops, continuing travel with the service pig and releasing the service pig from the liner sections, and constraining a line connected to the service pig to be positioned within the liner sections rather than contacting the pipeline bend.

Abstract: The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line by connecting a first line from the buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting the first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from the second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of the body of water changes the tension on the first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by the weight is less than the change in the depth of the body of water.

Abstract: A method of providing a pig for assisting in the recovery of coiled tubing string from a pipeline including an attachment to the coiled tubing intermediate the ends of the coiled tubing string, one or more sealing cups which have a preferred sealing direction from the distal end of the coiled tubing string to the proximate end of the coiled tubing string, allowing flow past the sealing cups from the proximate end of the coiled tubing to the distal end of the coiled tubing with a check valve, providing for flow through the pig from the distal end of the coiled tubing to the proximate end of the coiled tubing with a predetermined pressure loss, and using the predetermined pressure loss to generate a force to assist in recovering the coiled tubing string from the pipeline.

Abstract: A pipeline pig for performing service operations in a pipeline having a pig body, guides on the pig body which are adapted to slide along the bore of the pipeline, one or more seals which are each a composite of a metal seal carrier and a resilient sealing cup which are adapted to sealingly engage the bore of the pipeline and the metal seal carriers are adapted to sealingly engage the pig body and have radial freedom relative to the pig body such that when the pig body moves to an eccentric position relative to the pipeline such that the guides engage the bore of the pipeline bore the one or more seals are free to remain substantially concentric with the bore of the pipeline.

Abstract: The method of non-intrusively collecting down hole information by providing one or more information collection devices in the annular area outside one or more casing strings and inside the drilled hole the one or more casing strings are suspended within, supporting the one or more casing strings in one or more hangers within a wellhead, providing one or more devices which transmit information outside the one or more casing strings and proximate the one or more hangers, providing one or more wirings between the one or more information collection devices and the one or more devices which transmit information, providing a one or more devices which receive information outside the wellhead to receive information transmitted by the one or more devices which transmit information, and making the wellhead of a non-magnetic material to allow the passage of the transmitted information.

Abstract: The method of attaching a pulling head to two or more wires or cables for installation in a conduit, comprising providing a first area for attaching the pulling head, placing two or more wire or cable supply spools on a first side of the first area, placing a receiving spool on the opposite or second side of the first area, feeding a portion of the wires or cables from the wire or cable supply spools onto the receiving spool, placing a terminating table in the first area below the wires or cables, cutting the wires or cables at staggered length from the receiving spool, stripping a portion of the covering from the wires or cables from the outer diameter of the two or more wires or cables, installing a connection onto each of the two or more wires or cables.

Abstract: The method of shearing drill collars used in the drilling of oil and gas wells, comprising providing an outer sleeve of a first material for carrying structural loads, providing a second material within the outer sleeve which is lower in shear strength and is greater in unit weight than the first material, and providing a hole in the second material for the circulation of fluids.

Abstract: The method of providing leg support for an ambulatory patient comprising providing a seat area to engage the crotch of the ambulatory patient, providing a foot type support below the foot of the ambulatory patient, providing one or more connection members between said seat area and said foot type support, and providing for securing said one or more connection members to the leg of said ambulatory patient devices and being facilitated by elevating the foot on the opposite leg.

Abstract: The method of shearing drill collars used in the drilling of oil and gas wells, comprising providing an outer sleeve of a first material for carrying structural loads, providing a second material within the outer sleeve which is lower in shear strength and is greater in unit weight than the first material, and providing a hole in the second material for the circulation of fluids.

Abstract: The method of shearing drill collars used in the drilling of oil and gas wells, comprising providing an outer sleeve of a first material for carrying structural loads, providing a second material within the outer sleeve which is lower in shear strength and is greater in unit weight than the first material, and providing a hole in the second material for the circulation of fluids.

Abstract: A method of transportation and storage of wind energy, comprising receiving wind energy from a wind turbine in the form of compressed gas, storing of at least a portion of the compressed gas in a pipe, venting a portion of the compressed gas to drive a motor to drive a generator to generate electrical power, and distributing the electrical power to one or more users.

Abstract: The method of installing telescopic fairings system on a vertical pipe such as an oil or gas drilling riser to reduce the flow drag associated the vertical pipe in the currents in an ocean, including providing a rotatable interconnection between fairing sections and supporting the interconnected fairing sections independently from the vertical pipe such that the vertical pipe can be partially removed from the ocean without removing the fairings.