US 12,479,548 B2
Pumping operations using underwater vehicles
Vegard Våga, Førresfjorden (NO); Joar Størksen, Haugesund (NO); and Vidar Gressvoll Berge, Kolnes (NO)
Assigned to DeepOcean AS, Haugesund (NO)
Appl. No. 17/914,491
Filed by DeepOcean AS, Haugesund (NO)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NO2021/050082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/194355, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20200359 (NO), filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115886 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63G 8/001 (2013.01) [B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B63G 2008/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. An apparatus comprising:
rigid tubing which comprises at least one extendible pair of tubulars to be supported in position under water, the one tubular of the pair being movable longitudinally relative to the other tubular of the pair, for extending a combined reach of the tubulars;
a motor operable for actuating the extendible pair; and
at least one pump to be coupled to the rigid tubing, the pump to be operable for pumping or suctioning fluid through the pair of tubulars.