US3841249A - Floating systems of the barge type, especially for drilling in deep water - Google Patents

Floating systems of the barge type, especially for drilling in deep water Download PDF

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US3841249A
US3841249A US00251684A US25168472A US3841249A US 3841249 A US3841249 A US 3841249A US 00251684 A US00251684 A US 00251684A US 25168472 A US25168472 A US 25168472A US 3841249 A US3841249 A US 3841249A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • 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
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    • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
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    • 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 
    • 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
    • B63B1/04—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull
    • B63B2001/044—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull with a small waterline area compared to total displacement, e.g. of semi-submersible type
    • 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

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  • ABSTRACT May 14, 1971 France together with 71.17522
  • the system comprises a base in the shape of a polygon [52] US. Cl. 114/.5 D, 61/465 with flattened hollow crossflection Piers are welded [51] Int. Cl B63b 35/44 on this Space inclined and arranged as a Crown the [58] Field of Search 14/.5 D, .5 F 45, 230, assembly Supporting an upper platform
  • the polygon 14/123 61/465 shape base can be replaced by a type of catamaran.
  • floating bodies are used, which are kept in position by anchoring chains or other means of this type.
  • barges are used, which are generally constituted by a floating base, forming for example a hollow crown, of suitable cross-section, on which base is superposed hollow vertical columns of cross-section less than that of said crown, the whole being completed by cross members and wind bracing trellises.
  • FlG. 1 shows diagrammatically in elevation one embodiment of the assembly of a barge, intended for petroleum drilling, constructed according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 show on a larger scale, respectively in elevation, in plan and in enlarged cross-section along the line lV-lV of HG. 2, the abovesaid embodiment of the barge.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show on a larger scale the details of the weld of the piers to the base of the abovesaid barge.
  • FIG. 7 shows in plan a phase of the mounting of the base elements.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate, respectively along two perpendicular cross-sections, an operation of welding two elements of the base.
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 lastly, illustrate similarly to FlGS. 2 and 3 a modification of the invention.
  • This barge comprises firstly, a hollow base 1 forming a float, for example with the shape of a polygon in plan (circular, etc.), the elements of this base having any flattened shape, with a cross-section for example as a trapezium, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6.
  • the piers 2 can have, as shown, a certain inclination towards the inside of the barge, which contributes to Purely by way of indication, for a barge whose width D (FlG. 2) would be of the order of 100 m, width L of the base 1 would be of the order of 12 m and the diame ter of the piers 2 of the order of 5 m.
  • the height h of the barge is of the order of 40 m.
  • Anchoring is effected by means of chains 11 (FIG. 1) or any other means.
  • FIG. 7 shows, in one embodiment, the various welding points, which maintain the fluidtightness of the base I.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 lustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9, in a watertight welding chamber8.
  • the base 1 being thus constructed, there is then welded, on the feet or roots 6, the piers 2, previously constructed, in the form of two V twin elements, in the workshop, and brought to the work site.
  • the depth of immersion can if necessary be adjusted by ballasting in the hollow elements of the barge.
  • Propulsive means can if necessary be provided on the said barge, means such as shown in FlG. 4 and consisting of one or several screws 9 actuated by motors 10 arranged inside the base 1. There would for example be six motors and screws of this type arranged in six different azimuths, with the possibility of actuating them separately.
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 There is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a modification of the invention in which the lower tubular system is arranged in the shape of two hulls 13 forming a catamaran offering doubled resistance to immersion, each of these hulls being shapable in the style of a boat.
  • this assembly 13, 14 the lower ends of the hollow piers 2 are fixed.
  • This fixing which is effected by welding, is preferably done at the same time on the upper surface of the elements 13, 14 and on their lower surface or over the whole cellular structure comprised by these elements, this on the same principle as that already illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6. it is understood also that any reinforcements could be provided at these places of fixing, so that the strength is completely ensured.
  • barges can be constructed whose assembly and operation emerge sufficiently from the foregoing for it to be unnecessary to dwell further on their subject and which have, with respect to pre-existing installations of the type concerned, numerous advantages, especially:
  • Floating system of the barge type, said system having a horizontal support and for its buoyancy, stability and cross-bracing.
  • means consisting essentially of an assembly of two groups of hollow tubular elements, a first said group of tubular elements forming an annular shaped polygon base in a horizontal plane, and a second said group of hollow tubular elements constituting piers rising obliquely from said base, said assembly forming a cross-braced floating structure, said second group of hollow tubular elements extending between said base and said horizontal support.
  • the base is constituted by a plurality of welded elements each forming one of the sides as well as the two adjacent half-sides of the polygon base.
  • annular shaped base is arranged in the form of a catamaran, having two parallel hulls connected by transverse elements.
  • Floating system comprising a drilling rig, wherein said cross-braced structure forms a trellis.

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US4771720A (en) * 1984-12-26 1988-09-20 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Construction of joint portion of semi-submerged marine structure
US4834014A (en) * 1986-03-11 1989-05-30 Fred Olsen Floating platform structure
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US4652769A (en) * 1984-02-14 1987-03-24 Ion Tech, Inc. Module power supply
US4771720A (en) * 1984-12-26 1988-09-20 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Construction of joint portion of semi-submerged marine structure
US4834014A (en) * 1986-03-11 1989-05-30 Fred Olsen Floating platform structure
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