Abstract: A subsea conduit support apparatus including a frame having a plurality of legs extending to a seabed for supporting the frame. The legs are selectively moveable to position the frame member relative to the contour of the seabed. A clamp or ring is carried by the frame to hold the conduit within the apparatus and may be allowed to rotate within the frame, so that undulations or irregularities in the seabed do not affect a substantially horizontal or other selected continuous positioning of the conduit relative to the seabed.

Abstract: Vessel carried apparatus for laying a continuous metal pipe on the bottom of a body of water comprising a pipe overbending structure mounted on the end of a vessel and having a 90 degree arcuate peripheral configuration in a vertical plane extending from the water to a position overlying the vessel. Pipe engagable rollers are disposed along the arcuate periphery of the overbending structure, and an arcuate track parallel to the arcuate periphery is formed on the overbending structure. A stinger frame carries two longitudinally spaced pipe bending roller means respectively engaging the top and bottom surfaces of a continuous linear pipe formed on the vessel. The first such roller means bends the pipe to conform to a selected extent of the pipe engagable rollers, while the second roller means reversely bends the pipe to a linear configuration. The forward end of the stinger frame is horizontally pivoted to a carriage which is lockable in any selected position along the arcuate track.