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Tunnel

CA 1051676 A · Owner: Montreal Engineering Company Limited · Inventors: Owen, John A.

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A method of making a connection to protect a shore approach section of an underwater pipeline comprises drilling a hole downwardly through the sea bed, introducing a sealed pipe riser which may, or may not, have an, elbow welded to the upper end thereof into the hole; grouting the inserted, pipe riser in the hole and connecting a tunnel section to the shore with the pipe riser. A pipe is passed through the tunnel and joined to the pipe riser. The tunnel pipe may be connected to the pipe riser after the drilling of the hole by the completion of the tunnel to intersect the pipe riser or, in the alternative, the tunnel section may be completed first and have the leading end thereof sealed off …

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  • Granted April 3, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 3, 1996.
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GrantedApril 3, 1979
Term endedApril 3, 1996
Patent numberCA 1051676 A
Classification (IPC)E21B43/01 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedApril 3, 1979Term endedApril 3, 1996

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