GB1048775A - A semi-submersible floating platform unit - Google Patents

A semi-submersible floating platform unit

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Publication number
GB1048775A
GB1048775A GB15504/65A GB1550465A GB1048775A GB 1048775 A GB1048775 A GB 1048775A GB 15504/65 A GB15504/65 A GB 15504/65A GB 1550465 A GB1550465 A GB 1550465A GB 1048775 A GB1048775 A GB 1048775A
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Prior art keywords
stabilizing columns
platform
april
drilling
platform unit
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GB15504/65A
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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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 
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
    • B63B1/02—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement
    • B63B1/10—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with multiple hulls
    • B63B1/107—Semi-submersibles; Small waterline area multiple hull vessels and the like, e.g. SWATH
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/06—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by using foils acting on ambient water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
    • B63B1/02—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement
    • B63B1/10—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with multiple hulls
    • B63B1/12—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with multiple hulls the hulls being interconnected rigidly
    • B63B2001/128—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with multiple hulls the hulls being interconnected rigidly comprising underwater connectors between the hulls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/06—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by using foils acting on ambient water
    • B63B2039/067—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by using foils acting on ambient water effecting motion dampening by means of fixed or movable resistance bodies, e.g. by bilge keels

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Bridges Or Land Bridges (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)

Abstract

1,048,775. Offshore floating structures. SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. April 12, 1965 [April 13, 1964], No. 15504/65. Heading E1H. A floating platform unit for carrying out offshore operations such as drilling or producing a well, comprises four vertical stabilizing columns 11, 12 each having an annular chamber 17 in open communication through ports 13 with the space outside the stabilizing columns and positioned at a level adjacent and above the water level 25. Buoyant cross-bracing hull members 14, 15, 16 extend laterally between the stabilizing columns and near their lower ends. The annular chamber 17 may be divided for reinforcing purposes into a series of smaller chambers by vertical plates 18 having fluid flow ports 19. The four stabilizing columns 11, 12 are selectively flooded to lower the entire platform in the water and in heavy weather flooding of the annular chambers 17 reduces rolling and pitching of the platform so that drilling may continue.
GB15504/65A 1964-04-13 1965-04-12 A semi-submersible floating platform unit Expired GB1048775A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US359110A US3224402A (en) 1964-04-13 1964-04-13 Stabilized floating drilling platform

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GB1048775A true GB1048775A (en) 1966-11-16

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GB (1) GB1048775A (en)
NL (1) NL6504622A (en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1295404B (en) * 1965-08-22 1969-05-14 Motora Seizo Floats
US4014176A (en) * 1975-09-04 1977-03-29 Brown & Root, Inc. Methods and apparatus for applying buoyant forces to offshore tower legs and providing and enclosing buoyancy chambers
FR2409187A1 (en) * 1977-11-22 1979-06-15 Iceberg Transport Int AUTOSTABLE FLOATING TOWER
US4850744A (en) * 1987-02-19 1989-07-25 Odeco, Inc. Semi-submersible platform with adjustable heave motion
NO300884B1 (en) * 1995-12-06 1997-08-11 Fred Olsen Wave dampers for floating structures
CN102490876B (en) * 2011-12-23 2014-04-02 新疆金风科技股份有限公司 Floating offshore wind turbine movement suppression device and floating base for offshore wind turbine

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US3224402A (en) 1965-12-21
NL6504622A (en) 1965-10-14

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