AU2003257153A8 - Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck - Google Patents

Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck

Info

Publication number: AU2003257153A8
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: buoy; restrained; offshore platform; well deck; deck
Prior art date: 2002-08-07
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU2003257153A

Other versions

AU2003257153A1 (en

Inventor

Edward E Horton Iii

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

DeepWater Technologies Inc

Original Assignee

DeepWater Technologies Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2002-08-07

Filing date

2003-08-05

Publication date

2004-02-25

2002-08-07 Priority claimed from US10/213,967 external-priority patent/US6854933B2/en

2003-08-05 Application filed by DeepWater Technologies Inc filed Critical DeepWater Technologies Inc

2004-02-25 Publication of AU2003257153A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003257153A1/en

2004-02-25 Publication of AU2003257153A8 publication Critical patent/AU2003257153A8/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
- B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
- B63B21/502—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers by means of tension legs
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
- B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
- B63B35/4406—Articulated towers, i.e. substantially floating structures comprising a slender tower-like hull anchored relative to the marine bed by means of a single articulation, e.g. using an articulated bearing
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
- B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
- B63B35/4413—Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
- E21B17/01—Risers
- E21B17/012—Risers with buoyancy elements
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
- E21B17/20—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
- E21B19/002—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling
- E21B19/004—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling supporting a riser from a drilling or production platform
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
- B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
- B63B2035/442—Spar-type semi-submersible structures, i.e. shaped as single slender, e.g. substantially cylindrical or trussed vertical bodies

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Geology (AREA)
Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
Civil Engineering (AREA)
Structural Engineering (AREA)
Architecture (AREA)
Earth Drilling (AREA)

AU2003257153A 2002-08-07 2003-08-05 Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck Abandoned AU2003257153A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US10/213,967		2002-08-07
US10/213,967 US6854933B2 (en)	2002-08-07	2002-08-07	Vertically restrained centerwell SPAR
US47891403P	2003-06-16	2003-06-16
US60/478,914		2003-06-16
US10/616,399		2003-07-09
US10/616,399 US20040052586A1 (en)	2002-08-07	2003-07-09	Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck
PCT/US2003/024320 WO2004015239A2 (en)	2002-08-07	2003-08-05	Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2003257153A1 AU2003257153A1 (en)	2004-02-25
AU2003257153A8 true AU2003257153A8 (en)	2004-02-25

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2003257153A Abandoned AU2003257153A1 (en)	2002-08-07	2003-08-05	Offshore platform with vertically-restrained buoy and well deck

Country Status (7)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20040052586A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP1540127B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2003257153A1 (en)
BR (1)	BR0313324B1 (en)
DK (1)	DK1540127T3 (en)
OA (1)	OA12898A (en)
WO (1)	WO2004015239A2 (en)

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2003
- 2003-07-09 US US10/616,399 patent/US20040052586A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-08-05 BR BRPI0313324-9B1A patent/BR0313324B1/en active IP Right Grant
- 2003-08-05 WO PCT/US2003/024320 patent/WO2004015239A2/en active IP Right Grant
- 2003-08-05 EP EP03784895A patent/EP1540127B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2003-08-05 DK DK03784895T patent/DK1540127T3/en active
- 2003-08-05 OA OA1200500034A patent/OA12898A/en unknown
- 2003-08-05 AU AU2003257153A patent/AU2003257153A1/en not_active Abandoned

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2004015239A3 (en)	2004-06-03
AU2003257153A1 (en)	2004-02-25
BR0313324B1 (en)	2013-09-10
EP1540127B1 (en)	2006-11-22
OA12898A (en)	2006-10-13
BR0313324A (en)	2005-06-21
US20040052586A1 (en)	2004-03-18
WO2004015239A2 (en)	2004-02-19
DK1540127T3 (en)	2007-03-26
EP1540127A2 (en)	2005-06-15

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GB0221200D0 (en)	2002-10-23	Boat
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GB0226445D0 (en)	2002-12-18	Water craft
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AU153785S (en)	2003-11-24	Boat hull
AU151573S (en)	2003-04-30	Boat hull
PL112918U1 (en)	2003-07-28	Sail boat
GB0210068D0 (en)	2002-06-12	Marine craft
PL354766A1 (en)	2003-12-29	Sea rescue and pleasure water-craft
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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2005-05-19	MK6	Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase