Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – Floatable to site and supported by marine floor
Patent
1990-09-13
1992-06-16
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
Floatable to site and supported by marine floor
405205, 405209, 405224, 405227, E02B 1700
Patent
active
051220105
ABSTRACT:
A relatively light-weight offshore structure with design characteristics that allow it to be installed in a water depth up to two hundred fifty (250') feet with a conventional jack-up drilling rig or a small derrick barge. The structure consists of one (1) vertical pipe column that is driven into the sea floor, which can be used as a conductor for a well and may also support a platform with wellhead deck, production equipment deck, heliport, etc. The vertical column is collar clamped and welded to a submerged support brace assembly. The brace assembly is rigid, light, floats during installation, and is self-uprighting. It consists of two (2) main diagonal support legs that are connected to the vertical column near the water-line, and has two (2) pile connection sleeves at its base for piles to be driven into the sea floor. The support piling may be pre-loaded into the support brace assembly for ease of offshore installation. The piles are rigidly attached to the brace assembly pile sleeves with clamps and/or grout after driving. The completed structure may support additional well conductors installed parallel to the main vertical pipe column. Due to the platform design characteristics, it has the flexibility of being removable with a drilling rig and to be easily salvaged for future use at another location.
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Burguieres, Jr. Sam T.
Haller Steven G.
Price Preston A.
Pugh C. Emmett
Ricci John
Taylor Dennis L.
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