AU714622B2 - Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel Download PDF

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AU714622B2
AU714622B2 AU54444/98A AU5444498A AU714622B2 AU 714622 B2 AU714622 B2 AU 714622B2 AU 54444/98 A AU54444/98 A AU 54444/98A AU 5444498 A AU5444498 A AU 5444498A AU 714622 B2 AU714622 B2 AU 714622B2
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buoy
turret
riser
vessel
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Terry L Boatman
Charles O Etheridge
Ron L. Kelm
Jerry L. Mccollum
Brent A. Salyer
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    • 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
    • B63B21/507—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers with mooring turrets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/02—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel
    • B63B22/021—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel and for transferring fluids, e.g. liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/02—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel
    • B63B22/021—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel and for transferring fluids, e.g. liquids
    • B63B22/023—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel and for transferring fluids, e.g. liquids submerged when not in use
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/04—Fixations or other anchoring arrangements
    • 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
    • E21B17/015—Non-vertical risers, e.g. articulated or catenary-type
    • 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
    • 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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
    • E21B43/0107—Connecting of flow lines to offshore structures

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  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
AU54444/98A 1996-12-08 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel Ceased AU714622B2 (en)

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US3366896P 1996-12-08 1996-12-08
US60/033668 1996-12-08
PCT/US1997/021061 WO1998024686A1 (en) 1996-12-08 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel
OA9900129A OA11127A (en) 1996-12-08 1999-06-16 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel

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AU5444498A AU5444498A (en) 1998-06-29
AU714622B2 true AU714622B2 (en) 2000-01-06

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EP (1) EP0941200B1 (pt)
AU (1) AU714622B2 (pt)
BR (1) BR9713731A (pt)
CA (1) CA2282696A1 (pt)
DK (1) DK0941200T3 (pt)
NO (1) NO992911L (pt)
OA (1) OA11127A (pt)
WO (1) WO1998024686A1 (pt)

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US7770532B2 (en) * 2007-06-12 2010-08-10 Single Buoy Moorings, Inc. Disconnectable riser-mooring system
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US4648848A (en) * 1985-11-12 1987-03-10 Fluor Corporation Spar buoy fluid transfer system
US4892495A (en) * 1986-03-24 1990-01-09 Svensen Niels Alf Subsurface buoy mooring and transfer system for offshore oil and gas production

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NO992911L (no) 1999-08-09
OA11127A (en) 2003-04-17
EP0941200A1 (en) 1999-09-15
WO1998024686A1 (en) 1998-06-11
EP0941200A4 (en) 1999-11-17
CA2282696A1 (en) 1998-06-11
BR9713731A (pt) 2000-01-25
EP0941200B1 (en) 2002-05-02
AU5444498A (en) 1998-06-29
NO992911D0 (no) 1999-06-15
DK0941200T3 (da) 2003-04-14

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