GB2332396B - Spar structure provided with fairing shaped sections for vortex induced vibration reduction - Google Patents

Spar structure provided with fairing shaped sections for vortex induced vibration reduction

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Publication number
GB2332396B
GB2332396B GB9909038A GB9909038A GB2332396B GB 2332396 B GB2332396 B GB 2332396B GB 9909038 A GB9909038 A GB 9909038A GB 9909038 A GB9909038 A GB 9909038A GB 2332396 B GB2332396 B GB 2332396B
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Prior art keywords
structure provided
vibration reduction
shaped sections
induced vibration
vortex induced
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9909038A
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GB2332396A (en
GB9909038D0 (en
Inventor
Donald Wayne Allen
Dean Leroy Henning
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B63B35/4413—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 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/005—Equipment to decrease ship's vibrations produced externally to the ship, e.g. wave-induced vibrations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/0017—Means for protecting offshore constructions
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15D—FLUID DYNAMICS, i.e. METHODS OR MEANS FOR INFLUENCING THE FLOW OF GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F15D1/00—Influencing flow of fluids
    • F15D1/10—Influencing flow of fluids around bodies of solid material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15D—FLUID DYNAMICS, i.e. METHODS OR MEANS FOR INFLUENCING THE FLOW OF GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F15D1/00—Influencing flow of fluids
    • F15D1/10—Influencing flow of fluids around bodies of solid material
    • F15D1/12—Influencing flow of fluids around bodies of solid material by influencing the boundary layer
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L1/00—Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water
    • F16L1/12—Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water
    • F16L1/123—Devices for the protection of pipes under water
    • 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
    • B63B2021/504—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers by means of tension legs comprising suppressors for vortex induced vibrations
    • 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)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Wind Motors (AREA)
GB9909038A 1996-11-15 1997-11-14 Spar structure provided with fairing shaped sections for vortex induced vibration reduction Expired - Fee Related GB2332396B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US3126996P 1996-11-15 1996-11-15
US3127196P 1996-11-15 1996-11-15
US3127096P 1996-11-15 1996-11-15
US3126896P 1996-11-15 1996-11-15
PCT/EP1997/006437 WO1998022336A1 (en) 1996-11-15 1997-11-14 Spar structure

Publications (3)

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GB9909038D0 GB9909038D0 (en) 1999-06-16
GB2332396A GB2332396A (en) 1999-06-23
GB2332396B true GB2332396B (en) 2000-11-15

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GB (1) GB2332396B (en)
ID (1) ID21930A (en)
NO (1) NO992357L (en)
OA (1) OA11118A (en)
WO (1) WO1998022336A1 (en)

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WO2001090533A1 (en) 2000-05-22 2001-11-29 Smith International, Inc. Sealed lateral wellbore junction
MY151822A (en) * 2007-04-13 2014-07-14 Shell Int Research Spar structures
WO2014166543A1 (en) 2013-04-12 2014-10-16 Statoil Petroleum As Fairing
EP3016849B1 (en) 2013-07-03 2019-08-21 Equinor Energy AS Fairing and method

Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3410096A (en) * 1966-12-07 1968-11-12 Atlantic Richfield Co Streamlined riser pipe
US4606673A (en) * 1984-12-11 1986-08-19 Fluor Corporation Spar buoy construction having production and oil storage facilities and method of operation
NL8500903A (en) * 1985-03-27 1986-10-16 Rsv Gusto Eng Bv Sea-bottom mounted lifting platform - has lattice frame legs with interconnected composite uprights
US5410979A (en) * 1994-02-28 1995-05-02 Shell Oil Company Small fixed teardrop fairings for vortex induced vibration suppression
WO1995026294A1 (en) * 1994-03-28 1995-10-05 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Spar platform
WO1995027101A1 (en) * 1994-04-04 1995-10-12 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Vortex induced vibration suppression

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JPS6138240A (en) * 1984-07-31 1986-02-24 Sumitomo Metal Ind Ltd Preventing method of vortex excitation of columnar body

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3410096A (en) * 1966-12-07 1968-11-12 Atlantic Richfield Co Streamlined riser pipe
US4606673A (en) * 1984-12-11 1986-08-19 Fluor Corporation Spar buoy construction having production and oil storage facilities and method of operation
NL8500903A (en) * 1985-03-27 1986-10-16 Rsv Gusto Eng Bv Sea-bottom mounted lifting platform - has lattice frame legs with interconnected composite uprights
US5410979A (en) * 1994-02-28 1995-05-02 Shell Oil Company Small fixed teardrop fairings for vortex induced vibration suppression
WO1995026294A1 (en) * 1994-03-28 1995-10-05 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Spar platform
WO1995027101A1 (en) * 1994-04-04 1995-10-12 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Vortex induced vibration suppression

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WO1998022336A1 (en) 1998-05-28
GB2332396A (en) 1999-06-23
GB9909038D0 (en) 1999-06-16
NO992357D0 (en) 1999-05-14
BR9713058A (en) 2000-04-11
NO992357L (en) 1999-05-14
OA11118A (en) 2003-04-04
ID21930A (en) 1999-08-12

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