Abstract: A safety valve of the type having a valve body which is closed in response to an excess flow of fluid comprises a pilot piston which causes a sudden increase of the pressure in a cavity around the lower end of the valve stem if the pressure difference across the valve reaches a preset value, thereby controlling the valve such that is closes at a well defined setting point.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stabbing a flowline into a guide tube near the waterbottom and subsequently hinging over the flowline to a horizontal position. The connection operation is facilitated by a vertically oriented guide tube having along the inner wall thereof a pair of parallel slots which provide at the lower ends thereof pivot supports on which a pair of pivots which are mounted near the lower end of the flowline land during the stab in procedure. Deflectors are provided for deflecting a lower portion of the flowline while the pivots are lowered through the slots so as to induce the flowline to obtain a curved shape into a predetermined direction before the pivots land onto the pivot supports.