Abstract
From Washington, D.C., NewsRx journali sts report that a patent application by the inventors Coady, Michael (Houston, T X, US); Lippold, James (Houston, TX, US); Martin, John (Houston, TX, US); McClau gherty, Shane (Houston, TX, US); McCormick, Craig (Houston, TX, US); Willey, Mic hael (Houston, TX, US), filed on May 21, 2024, was made available online on Sept ember 19, 2024. No assignee for this patent application has been made. News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: "In offshore drilling operations, the drilling operations m ay be performed using a drilling riser. The drilling riser may extend between th e subsea wellhead assembly at the seafloor and the drilling vessel. The drilling riser may be made up of a number of individual riser joints. These riser joints may be connected to each other using connecting elements such as riser bolts. F urther, the drilling riser also has a number of auxiliary conduits that extend a round the main central pipe. These auxiliary conduits supply hydraulic fluid pre ssure to the subsea blowout preventer and lower marine riser package.
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