US Patent Issued to SAIPEM on June 24 for "Off shore rigid steel riser termination and fixation system to Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,694, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAIPEM S.P.A. (Milan).

"Off shore rigid steel riser termination and fixation system to Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel" was invented by Amedeo Marcotulli (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riser termination connecting a steel riser duct to an I-tube or J-tube connecting interface of a floating unit has an upper hang off portion, lower coupling adapter, steel termination conduit having an upper conduit end rigidly connected to the upper hang off portion, and lower conduit end connected to an adjacent conduit section of the riser duct. The termination conduit extends axi...