Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – Structure protection
Patent
1985-01-23
1989-04-04
Corbin, David H.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
Structure protection
405224, 405228, E02B 322, E02D 700
Patent
active
048181463
ABSTRACT:
A wellhead and conductor pipe supported by a cable and anchor system is disclosed which is comprised of a plurality of anchor cables secured to the conductor at a first end of each cable, the second end of each cable being fixed to an anchor pile in a surrounding land formation beneath a body of water. In preferred embodiments the cables are secured to the conductor by means of an annular brace having an upper collar portion to which the first end of each cable is attached and a lower collar portion having pulleys mounted thereon and around which the cables are journalled. Anchor piles are driven into the subsea land formation by releasably securing an anchor pile to a drive pile and exerting a downward force on the drive pile to drive the anchor pile into anchoring engagement with the formation below the mud line. In especially preferred embodiments, the length of the drive pile is extended by providing coaxially alignable extension pipes with reduced diameter ends that fit into the open upper end of the existing drive pile. Adjacent sections of drive pipe extensions can be interconnected to one another using means such as cables which permit drive pile extensions to be disconnected from one another after the anchor piles have been driven into the land formation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1359956 (1920-11-01), Boardman
patent: 2986889 (1961-06-01), Ludwig
patent: 3118417 (1964-01-01), Stanwick
patent: 4005672 (1977-02-01), Files
Corbin David H.
Texhoma Contractors, Inc.
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