Offshore jacket having increased buoyancy

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1990-08-27

1991-12-24

Taylor, Dennis L.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Marine structure or fabrication thereof

With anchoring of structure to marine floor

405224, E02B 1700

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050747169

ABSTRACT:
An offshore submersible jacket assembly having bouyancy means at the lower portion of the jacket support legs. Relatively short pile sleeves are attached in a cluster to a support leg by shear plates extending generally along the length of the pile sleeves, each sleeve being connected to the leg by a pair of spaced shear plates. Upper and lower transverse plates seal off the ends of the spaced shear plates, creating airtight compartments.

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