Apparatus for connecting a conduit to a subsea structure includes a frame
connectable to the subsea structure by a docking mechanism, a conduit
handling mechanism on the frame to facilitate positioning of the conduit
for attachment to the subsea structure and a second docking mechanism for
attaching a mobile manipulating device to the frame. In use, the mobile
manipulating device connects to the conduit by means of a pull-in rope on
a winch, and travels under its own power to the subsea structure while
paying out the pull-in rope. There, it docks with the frame and the
pull-in rope is reeled in by the winch on the mobile manipulating device.
The conduit is then connected to the subsea structure by the conduit
handling mechanism on the frame. The invention also includes the method
of attaching a conduit to a subsea structure using the described
apparatus.