AU2003257153A8 - Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck - Google Patents

Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck

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Publication number
AU2003257153A8
AU2003257153A8 AU2003257153A AU2003257153A AU2003257153A8 AU 2003257153 A8 AU2003257153 A8 AU 2003257153A8 AU 2003257153 A AU2003257153 A AU 2003257153A AU 2003257153 A AU2003257153 A AU 2003257153A AU 2003257153 A8 AU2003257153 A8 AU 2003257153A8
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Australia
Prior art keywords
buoy
restrained
offshore platform
well deck
deck
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Abandoned
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AU2003257153A
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AU2003257153A1 (en
Inventor
Edward E Horton Iii
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DeepWater Technologies Inc
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DeepWater Technologies Inc
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Priority claimed from US10/213,967 external-priority patent/US6854933B2/en
Application filed by DeepWater Technologies Inc filed Critical DeepWater Technologies Inc
Publication of AU2003257153A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003257153A1/en
Publication of AU2003257153A8 publication Critical patent/AU2003257153A8/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/502—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers by means of tension legs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4406—Articulated towers, i.e. substantially floating structures comprising a slender tower-like hull anchored relative to the marine bed by means of a single articulation, e.g. using an articulated bearing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4413—Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/01—Risers
    • E21B17/012—Risers with buoyancy elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/20—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/002—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E21B19/004—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling supporting a riser from a drilling or production platform
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/442—Spar-type semi-submersible structures, i.e. shaped as single slender, e.g. substantially cylindrical or trussed vertical bodies

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
AU2003257153A 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck Abandoned AU2003257153A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/213,967 US6854933B2 (en) 2002-08-07 2002-08-07 Vertically restrained centerwell SPAR
US10/213,967 2002-08-07
US47891403P 2003-06-16 2003-06-16
US60/478,914 2003-06-16
US10/616,399 2003-07-09
US10/616,399 US20040052586A1 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-07-09 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck
PCT/US2003/024320 WO2004015239A2 (en) 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck

Publications (2)

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AU2003257153A1 AU2003257153A1 (en) 2004-02-25
AU2003257153A8 true AU2003257153A8 (en) 2004-02-25

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Country Status (7)

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US (1) US20040052586A1 (en)
EP (1) EP1540127B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2003257153A1 (en)
BR (1) BR0313324B1 (en)
DK (1) DK1540127T3 (en)
OA (1) OA12898A (en)
WO (1) WO2004015239A2 (en)

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US20040052586A1 (en) 2004-03-18
EP1540127A2 (en) 2005-06-15
EP1540127B1 (en) 2006-11-22
AU2003257153A1 (en) 2004-02-25
WO2004015239A2 (en) 2004-02-19
BR0313324B1 (en) 2013-09-10
DK1540127T3 (en) 2007-03-26
BR0313324A (en) 2005-06-21
WO2004015239A3 (en) 2004-06-03
OA12898A (en) 2006-10-13

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