Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – With anchoring of structure to marine floor
Patent
1986-05-30
1989-05-16
Corbin, David H.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
With anchoring of structure to marine floor
166368, 405224, E02D 2900, E21B 33043
Patent
active
048305413
ABSTRACT:
A wellhead apparatus and a method for positioning the apparatus on the ocean floor in combination with means for sinking it into the ocean floor. The wellhead apparatus is equipped with a venturi suction device and a central opening for receiving a well conductor pipe. The apparatus provides a well base structure that is highly stable, capable of taking high vertical and lateral loads, and can be controlled during installation to be either truly plumb or positioned at a predetermined angle relative to the vertical.
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Single Buoy Moorings Inc., Fribourg, Switzerland, "Suction Anchor System."
Corbin David H.
Shell Offshore Inc.
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