CA2331176C - Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection Download PDF

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CA2331176C
CA2331176C CA002331176A CA2331176A CA2331176C CA 2331176 C CA2331176 C CA 2331176C CA 002331176 A CA002331176 A CA 002331176A CA 2331176 A CA2331176 A CA 2331176A CA 2331176 C CA2331176 C CA 2331176C
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Billy J. Bergeron
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Delmar Systems Inc
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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
    • B63B21/24—Anchors
    • B63B21/26—Anchors securing to bed
    • B63B21/27—Anchors securing to bed by suction
    • 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
    • B63B21/22—Handling or lashing of anchors
    • 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
    • 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
    • B63B2021/003—Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for
    • B63B2021/007—Remotely controlled subsea assistance tools, or related methods for handling of anchors or mooring lines, e.g. using remotely operated underwater vehicles for connecting mooring lines to anchors
    • 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
    • B63B2021/505—Methods for installation or mooring of floating offshore platforms on site
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2250/00—Production methods
    • E02D2250/0053—Production methods using suction or vacuum techniques
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D2250/00—Production methods
    • E02D2250/0061—Production methods for working underwater
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/74—Means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads
    • E02D5/80—Ground anchors

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Revetment (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
CA002331176A 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection Expired - Fee Related CA2331176C (en)

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US7341198A 1998-05-06 1998-05-06
US09/073,411 1998-05-06
PCT/US1999/006469 WO1999064684A2 (en) 1998-05-06 1999-03-26 Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection

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CA2331176A1 CA2331176A1 (en) 1999-12-16
CA2331176C true CA2331176C (en) 2007-09-18

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EP (1) EP1076738A4 (de)
AU (1) AU743420B2 (de)
BR (1) BR9910349A (de)
CA (1) CA2331176C (de)
ID (1) ID27033A (de)
NO (1) NO20005579L (de)
OA (1) OA11691A (de)
WO (1) WO1999064684A2 (de)

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NO20005579L (no) 2001-01-04
CA2331176A1 (en) 1999-12-16
BR9910349A (pt) 2002-07-16
AU3363699A (en) 1999-12-30
ID27033A (id) 2001-02-22
WO1999064684A3 (en) 2000-03-23
NO20005579D0 (no) 2000-11-03
WO1999064684A2 (en) 1999-12-16
EP1076738A2 (de) 2001-02-21
AU743420B2 (en) 2002-01-24
WO1999064684A8 (en) 2001-03-08
EP1076738A4 (de) 2003-08-27
OA11691A (en) 2005-01-12

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