Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – With anchoring of structure to marine floor
Patent
1999-05-07
2000-09-05
Lillis, Eileen Dunn
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
With anchoring of structure to marine floor
114265, 114296, B63B 2127
Patent
active
061133159
ABSTRACT:
In a system for mooring offshore drilling units, a first mooring assembly is installed at a first drilling venue, after which the mobile offshore drilling unit is moored by connection to the mooring lines. A second mooring assembly is installed at a second drilling venue while drilling operations are carried out at the first drilling venue. In this manner the mobile offshore drilling unit can be relocated between successive drilling venues with minimum down time. Less than complete mooring assemblies can be used to temporarily secure the mobile offshore drilling unit.
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Dove Peter George Scott
Fulton Thomas M.
Treu Johannes Jacobus
Wilde Gordon R.
Aker Marine, Inc.
Lillis Eileen Dunn
Mayo Tara L.
Montgomery John W.
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