Tension leg platform with horizontal movement capability

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1981-09-14

1984-01-03

Taylor, Dennis L.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Marine structure or fabrication thereof

With anchoring of structure to marine floor

114265, 405195, 405203, B63B 3544

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044239858

ABSTRACT:
A tension leg drilling platform of the type having a floating buoyant structure anchored to the sea floor by a plurality of vertical tendons is improved by the addition of flexbile extendable lines between the platform buoyant structure and the tendons to permit movement in the horizontal plane.

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patent: 2399656 (1946-05-01), Armstrong
patent: 3777688 (1973-12-01), Melhose
patent: 3955521 (1976-05-01), Mott
patent: 3983706 (1976-10-01), Kalinowski

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