US3626701A - Emergent installation for drilling and production at great depth at sea - Google Patents

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US3626701A
US3626701A US22842A US3626701DA US3626701A US 3626701 A US3626701 A US 3626701A US 22842 A US22842 A US 22842A US 3626701D A US3626701D A US 3626701DA US 3626701 A US3626701 A US 3626701A
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Maurice Laffont
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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
    • B63B35/4406—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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B15/00—Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts
    • E21B15/02—Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/12—Underwater drilling
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US3964543A (en) * 1974-11-18 1976-06-22 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Underwater wellhead completions with portable atmospheric cellar
US3974657A (en) * 1972-04-13 1976-08-17 Sumner Maurice N Modular offshore structure system
DE2801108A1 (de) * 1977-01-13 1978-07-20 Emh Verbesserungen an gelenkverbindungen, insbesondere an kardangelenken zur anlenkung einer off-shore saeule an den meeresboden
US4170266A (en) * 1976-08-11 1979-10-09 Fayren Jose M Apparatus and method for offshore drilling at great depths
US4351258A (en) * 1979-11-20 1982-09-28 The Offshore Company Method and apparatus for tension mooring a floating platform
US4417831A (en) * 1980-04-30 1983-11-29 Brown & Root, Inc. Mooring and supporting apparatus and methods for a guyed marine structure
USRE32119E (en) * 1980-04-30 1986-04-22 Brown & Root, Inc. Mooring and supporting apparatus and methods for a guyed marine structure
US4610569A (en) * 1984-07-30 1986-09-09 Exxon Production Research Co. Hybrid offshore structure
US4717288A (en) * 1985-07-17 1988-01-05 Exxon Production Research Company Flex joint
US4829928A (en) * 1987-10-20 1989-05-16 Seatek Limited Ocean platform
US4938630A (en) * 1988-08-22 1990-07-03 Conoco Inc. Method and apparatus to stabilize an offshore platform
US5433273A (en) * 1990-12-13 1995-07-18 Seahorse Equipment Corporation Method and apparatus for production of subsea hydrocarbon formations
WO1998014363A1 (en) * 1996-09-30 1998-04-09 Amerada Hess Limited Apparatus for offshore production of hydrocarbon fluids
US6190089B1 (en) 1998-05-01 2001-02-20 Mindoc, Llc Deep draft semi-submersible offshore structure
US20110186301A1 (en) * 2008-08-21 2011-08-04 William Scott Childers Subsea structure installation or removal
US20120152560A1 (en) * 2010-06-15 2012-06-21 O'malley Matthew Carl System and method for channeling fluids underwater to the surface
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US5551802A (en) * 1993-02-08 1996-09-03 Sea Engineering Associates, Inc. Tension leg platform and method of installation therefor
US6210075B1 (en) 1998-02-12 2001-04-03 Imodco, Inc. Spar system
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3974657A (en) * 1972-04-13 1976-08-17 Sumner Maurice N Modular offshore structure system
US3941189A (en) * 1974-11-18 1976-03-02 Standard Oil Company Subsurface wellhead shield
US3964543A (en) * 1974-11-18 1976-06-22 Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Underwater wellhead completions with portable atmospheric cellar
US4170266A (en) * 1976-08-11 1979-10-09 Fayren Jose M Apparatus and method for offshore drilling at great depths
DE2801108A1 (de) * 1977-01-13 1978-07-20 Emh Verbesserungen an gelenkverbindungen, insbesondere an kardangelenken zur anlenkung einer off-shore saeule an den meeresboden
US4142820A (en) * 1977-01-13 1979-03-06 Enterprise d'Equipments Mecaniques et Hydrauliques E.M.H. Pivotal connecting device for pivotally connecting an off-shore articulated column structure to a sea bottom
US4351258A (en) * 1979-11-20 1982-09-28 The Offshore Company Method and apparatus for tension mooring a floating platform
US4417831A (en) * 1980-04-30 1983-11-29 Brown & Root, Inc. Mooring and supporting apparatus and methods for a guyed marine structure
USRE32119E (en) * 1980-04-30 1986-04-22 Brown & Root, Inc. Mooring and supporting apparatus and methods for a guyed marine structure
US4610569A (en) * 1984-07-30 1986-09-09 Exxon Production Research Co. Hybrid offshore structure
US4717288A (en) * 1985-07-17 1988-01-05 Exxon Production Research Company Flex joint
US4829928A (en) * 1987-10-20 1989-05-16 Seatek Limited Ocean platform
US4938630A (en) * 1988-08-22 1990-07-03 Conoco Inc. Method and apparatus to stabilize an offshore platform
US5433273A (en) * 1990-12-13 1995-07-18 Seahorse Equipment Corporation Method and apparatus for production of subsea hydrocarbon formations
WO1998014363A1 (en) * 1996-09-30 1998-04-09 Amerada Hess Limited Apparatus for offshore production of hydrocarbon fluids
US6190089B1 (en) 1998-05-01 2001-02-20 Mindoc, Llc Deep draft semi-submersible offshore structure
US20110186301A1 (en) * 2008-08-21 2011-08-04 William Scott Childers Subsea structure installation or removal
US8622137B2 (en) * 2008-08-21 2014-01-07 Shell Oil Company Subsea structure installation or removal
US10060555B2 (en) * 2009-09-16 2018-08-28 Apply Nemo As Load transferring subsea structure
US20120152560A1 (en) * 2010-06-15 2012-06-21 O'malley Matthew Carl System and method for channeling fluids underwater to the surface
US8833459B2 (en) * 2010-06-15 2014-09-16 Matthew Carl O'Malley System and method for channeling fluids underwater to the surface
US20160069164A1 (en) * 2010-06-15 2016-03-10 Matthew Carl O'Malley Fluid collection reservoir and anti-spill mechanism
US9605515B2 (en) * 2010-06-15 2017-03-28 Matthew Carl O'Malley Fluid collection reservoir and anti-spill mechanism

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