Method of spooling a marine pipeline comprising a plurality of bi-metallic pipe sections

摘要

A method of spooling a marine pipeline (90) comprising a plurality of bi-metallic pipe sections (10) (66) onto a reel (60) comprising at least the steps of : (a) filling a first pipe section with a fluid (12); (b) spooling the first pipe section onto the reel; (c) filling a second pipe section with a fluid (78); (d) joining the first pipe section with the second pipe section wherein at least one of the first and second pipe sections maintains the fluid (12,78) therein; and (e) spooling the second pipe section onto the reel.