METAL SUBSEA PIPE CONNECTORS

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
POSEIDON	LTS Energy, Inc.	11932 Brittmoore Park Drive Houston TX 77041	Metal subsea pipe connectors, namely subsea clamp-type pipe connectors made of metal and designed for typical working pressures of 5,000 psi to 20,000 psi, which can be opened and closed by a remotely operated underwater vehicle and are used for connecting flowlines, jumpers, manifolds, risers, Christmas trees and process equipment for subsea oil and gas production;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A subsea return fluid recovery system for recovering drilling fluid and cuttings ("return fluid") from a subsea wellbore in one embodiment includes a hub at the opening of the subsea wellbore that directs fluid into a transport device. In one embodiment, the hub includes a stand pipe that forms a return fluid column, the hydrostatic pressure of which causes return fluid to flow into the transport device rather than up the stand pipe. One or more buoyant members attached to the transport device convey the transport device toward the surface. A preferred recovery method includes collecting return fluid at the seabed, passively transporting the collected fluid to the surface, and processing the collected fluid at a local (offshore) or land based treatment facility. The retrieval and processing of the return fluid is done outside the critical path of the drilling activities at an offshore platform.