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Mooring structure

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Publication number
JPS58180394A
JPS58180394A JP6362982A JP6362982A JPS58180394A JP S58180394 A JPS58180394 A JP S58180394A JP 6362982 A JP6362982 A JP 6362982A JP 6362982 A JP6362982 A JP 6362982A JP S58180394 A JPS58180394 A JP S58180394A
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Japan
Prior art keywords
mooring
hole
vertical
hull
drill pipe
Prior art date
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.)
Pending
Application number
JP6362982A
Other languages
Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Masanao Oshima
大島 正直
Hitoshi Narita
成田 仁
Nobuyoshi Yashima
八島 信良
Hiroshi Tabuchi
田「淵」 寛
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.)
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Mitsui Zosen KK
Original Assignee
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Mitsui Zosen KK
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Application filed by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Mitsui Zosen KK filed Critical Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Priority to JP6362982A priority Critical patent/JPS58180394A/en
Priority to GB08307998A priority patent/GB2118903B/en
Priority to US06/478,327 priority patent/US4519728A/en
Priority to CA000425226A priority patent/CA1213788A/en
Priority to DE3312951A priority patent/DE3312951C2/en
Priority to SE8302074A priority patent/SE457523B/en
Priority to NO831342A priority patent/NO161788C/en
Priority to ES521493A priority patent/ES521493A0/en
Publication of JPS58180394A publication Critical patent/JPS58180394A/en
Priority to US06/712,131 priority patent/US4571125A/en
Priority to CA000507928A priority patent/CA1227379A/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/507Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers with mooring turrets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4413Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02BHYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/0017Means for protecting offshore constructions
    • E02B17/0021Means for protecting offshore constructions against ice-loads
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B1/00Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
    • B63B1/02Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement
    • B63B1/04Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull
    • B63B2001/044Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull with a small waterline area compared to total displacement, e.g. of semi-submersible type
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2211/00Applications
    • B63B2211/06Operation in ice-infested waters

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent floating ice from entering into a vertical through-hole for introducing therethrough an excavating drill pipe, providing a cylindrical member having an annular flange around the outer periphery of the lower end thereof, which projects downwards from the periphery of the bottom opening of the through-hole. CONSTITUTION:An annular flange 10 is formed around the outer periphery of the lower end of a cylindrical member 9 which is attached around the bottom opening of a vertical through-hole 2 and which projects downwards from the bottom of a hull. The cylindrical member 9 prevents floating ice blocks 12A from entering into the through-hole 2 and from striking directly to an excavating drill pipe 8 and mooring wires 5, thereby the excavating drill pipe 8 and the mooring wires 5 are protected from damage.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 本発明は係留構造物に関し、特に、船体に形成された鉛
直貫通孔を通して掘削ドリルパイプを海底へ延在させて
石油掘削などの海底掘削作業を行なう係留構造物に関す
る。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a mooring structure, and more particularly to a mooring structure for performing seabed excavation work such as oil drilling by extending an excavation drill pipe to the seabed through a vertical through hole formed in a ship's hull.

石油需要の高騰に伴ない海底油田の開発が益んに行なわ
れている。また、その他の海底資源の調査開発も益んに
行なわれている。これらの開発を進めるため移動可能な
掘削装置として係留構造物が使用される。
As demand for oil soars, offshore oil fields are being developed to great advantage. Research and development of other seabed resources is also being carried out fruitfully. Mooring structures are used as movable drilling equipment to advance these developments.

この種の係留構造物は、例えば、直径あるいけ縦横寸法
が100m近くもあり、排水量にして3〜4万トンに達
する大型の構造物であり、多数(例えば12本)の係留
索を使用しこれらの先端に連結されるアンカーによって
海上所定位置に係留される。
This type of mooring structure is, for example, a large structure with a diameter of nearly 100 meters, a displacement of 30,000 to 40,000 tons, and a large number of mooring lines (for example, 12). It is moored at a predetermined position on the sea by anchors connected to its tips.

か\る石油掘削装置などの海底掘削用の係留構造物では
、船体内に鉛直貫通孔を形成し、デツキ上の掘削機で駆
動される掘削ドリルパイプを該貫通孔を通して海底へ延
在させて作業が行なわれる。
In mooring structures for offshore drilling such as oil drilling rigs, a vertical through hole is formed in the hull, and a drilling drill pipe driven by a drilling machine on the deck is extended to the seabed through the through hole. work is done.

しかして、従来のこの種の係留構造物では、前記鉛直貫
通孔は船底で開口する孔として形成されていたので、寒
冷海域など流氷が存在する水海で使用する場合、船首側
(流氷が衝突する側)の外壁で割られた氷塊の一部が船
底部の海中に散乱し船底開口から前記鉛直貫通孔内へ浸
入し、該貫通孔内を通して設置されている掘削ドリルパ
イプや係留索が損傷を受けるという問題があった。
However, in conventional mooring structures of this type, the vertical through-holes were formed as holes that opened at the bottom of the ship. Some of the ice blocks that were broken by the outer wall of the ship's bottom were scattered in the sea at the bottom of the ship and entered the vertical through-hole through the bottom opening, damaging the drilling drill pipe and mooring cables installed through the through-hole. There was a problem with receiving it.

本発明は、このような従来技術の問題に鑑みてなされた
ものであり、掘削ドリルパイプ挿通用の貫通孔内への流
氷の浸入を防止しうる係留構造物を提供することを目的
とする。
The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mooring structure that can prevent drift ice from penetrating into a through hole for inserting an excavation drill pipe.

本発明によれば、係留索およびその先端に連結されたア
ンカーにより海上所定位置に係留され、船体に形成され
た鉛直貫通孔を通1〜て掘削ドリルパイプを海底へ延在
させて海底掘削作業を行なう係留構造物において、前記
鉛直貫通孔の船底開口部の周囲から下方へ突出しかつ下
端外周に張出し部を有する筒状体を設けることを特徴と
する係留構造物が提供される。
According to the present invention, the ship is moored at a predetermined position on the sea by means of a mooring cable and an anchor connected to the tip thereof, and an excavation drill pipe is extended to the seabed through a vertical through hole formed in the hull, thereby carrying out submarine excavation work. There is provided a mooring structure characterized in that a cylindrical body is provided that protrudes downward from the periphery of the bottom opening of the vertical through hole and has an overhang on the outer periphery of the lower end.

この場合、前記筒状体を船体に対し突出位置および引込
み位置に調整可能にし、曳航時の抵抗を減少しうるよう
にすることが好ましい。
In this case, it is preferable that the cylindrical body be adjustable to a protruding position and a retracted position with respect to the hull, thereby reducing resistance during towing.

以下、図面を参照して本発明の詳細な説明する。Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

第1図および第2図は本発明の一実施例を示す図である
FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention.

係留構造物の船体lのはy中央部には鉛直貫通孔2が形
成され、該貫通孔まわりのデツキ3に設置された複数個
(レリえば12個)の巻揚機4から該貫通孔を通して海
中へ延在する複数本の係留索5および各係留索先端に連
結されたアンカー6によって係留構造物が海上所定位置
に係留されている。
A vertical through hole 2 is formed in the center of the hull of the mooring structure, and a plurality of winding machines 4 (12 in this case) installed on the deck 3 around the through hole pass through the through hole. A mooring structure is moored at a predetermined position on the sea by a plurality of mooring cables 5 extending into the sea and anchors 6 connected to the tips of each mooring cable.

デツキ3上には掘削機(図示せず)を設置するためのや
ぐら7が固定され、該掘削機で駆動される掘削ドリルパ
イプ8は前記鉛直貫通孔2内を通って海底へ延在してい
る。
A tower 7 for installing an excavator (not shown) is fixed on the deck 3, and an excavation drill pipe 8 driven by the excavator passes through the vertical through hole 2 and extends to the seabed. There is.

前記鉛直貫通孔2の船底開口部の周囲には、船底から下
方へ突出する筒状体9が設けられている。
A cylindrical body 9 protruding downward from the bottom of the ship is provided around the bottom opening of the vertical through hole 2 .

この筒状体の下端外周には張出し部IOが形成されてい
る。
An overhanging portion IO is formed on the outer periphery of the lower end of this cylindrical body.

なお、筒状体10の内面には各係留索5を案内するため
の滑車11が設けられ、係留索5が鉛直貫通孔2または
筒状体9に接触しないよう措置されている。
A pulley 11 for guiding each mooring cable 5 is provided on the inner surface of the cylindrical body 10 to prevent the mooring cable 5 from coming into contact with the vertical through hole 2 or the cylindrical body 9.

また、前記船体lの外壁は少なくとも水面W(喫水面)
近傍の部分では下方内方へ角度θで傾斜する形状を有し
ている。
Further, the outer wall of the hull l is at least at the water surface W (draft surface).
Nearby portions have a shape that is inclined downward and inward at an angle θ.

以上説明した係留構造物を水海で使用する場合、水面W
近傍を浮遊して矢印A方向へ流れる流氷12が船体外壁
に衝突すると、流氷は図示の如く割れて多数の氷塊12
AtKなる。船体1が受ける流氷力は外壁が角度θで傾
斜している分だけ軽減されるが、割れた氷塊t2Aの一
部は水中へ散乱され船底近傍を流れる。
When using the mooring structure explained above in water, the water surface W
When the drift ice 12 floating nearby and flowing in the direction of arrow A collides with the outer wall of the ship, the drift ice breaks into many ice blocks 12 as shown in the figure.
AtK becomes. The drift ice force applied to the hull 1 is reduced by the amount that the outer wall is inclined at the angle θ, but some of the broken ice blocks t2A are scattered into the water and flow near the bottom of the ship.

しかして、本実施例では、前記筒状体9が設けられてい
るので、氷塊12Aが鉛直貫通孔2内へ浸入したり掘削
ドリルパイプ8および係留索5に直接衝突したシするこ
とを防止することができ、掘削ドリルパイプおよび係留
索を損傷から保護することができる。
In this embodiment, since the cylindrical body 9 is provided, the ice block 12A is prevented from entering the vertical through hole 2 or colliding directly with the excavation drill pipe 8 and the mooring cable 5. It can protect the drilling drill pipe and mooring line from damage.

また、筒状体9の下端外周に張出し部10が形成されて
いるので、係留構造物の揺れすなわち上下動を辺めピッ
チング、ローリングなど6自由度方向の揺れを抑制でき
るという効果も得られる。
Further, since the overhanging portion 10 is formed on the outer periphery of the lower end of the cylindrical body 9, it is possible to suppress the shaking of the mooring structure, that is, the vertical movement, and the shaking in six degrees of freedom directions such as pitching and rolling.

第3図および第4図は本発明の他の実施例を示す図であ
る。
FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing other embodiments of the present invention.

本実施例は、中心部に鉛直貫通孔2が形成されて係留索
5およびその先端に連結され九アンカー6により海上所
定位置に係留される係留体13と該係留体に対しベアリ
ング14を介して回転可能に組付けられる可動船体15
とで船体1を構成する点、並びに、鉛直貫通孔2の船底
開口部の周囲に設けられる筒状体9が油圧等で駆動され
るシリンダI6によって図示の突出位置と船体l内への
引込み位置とに位置調整できる点で前述の実施例と相異
しており、その他は実質止金て同じである。
This embodiment has a mooring body 13 which has a vertical through hole 2 formed in its center and is connected to a mooring cable 5 and its tip and is moored at a predetermined position on the sea by nine anchors 6. Movable hull 15 rotatably assembled
and the points that constitute the hull 1, and the cylindrical body 9 provided around the bottom opening of the vertical through hole 2 is moved to the protruding position shown in the figure and the retracted position into the hull l by the cylinder I6 driven by hydraulic pressure or the like. The clasp is different from the previous embodiment in that the position can be adjusted, and the rest is essentially the same as the clasp.

したがって、同一部分または対応部分にそれぞれ同−符
号を付してその詳細な説明を省略する。
Therefore, the same or corresponding parts will be given the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

本実施例によれば、水海で使用するに際し、前述の実施
例と同じ作用、効果が得られる他、船体1を係留体13
と可動船体I5とで構成したので流氷力に応じて可動船
体15が方向変化することができその分だけ流氷力を緩
和することができるという効果、並びに筒状体9を引込
み位置に調整できるので曳航時における抵抗を減少させ
ることができるという効果が得られる。
According to this embodiment, when used in water and sea, the same functions and effects as those of the above-mentioned embodiments can be obtained, and the hull 1 can be connected to the mooring body 13.
and the movable hull I5, the movable hull 15 can change direction in response to the force of the ice floes, and the force of the floes can be alleviated accordingly, and the cylindrical body 9 can be adjusted to the retracted position. The effect is that the resistance during towing can be reduced.

以上の説明から明らかなごとく、本発明によれば、鉛直
貫通孔内への流氷の浸入を阻止することにより該貫通孔
を逸して配置される掘削ドリルパイプおよび係留索を流
氷から保護すると同時に船体の上下揺動を抑制すること
ができる係留構造物が得られる。
As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, by preventing drift ice from entering the vertical through hole, drilling drill pipes and mooring lines placed outside the vertical through hole are protected from drift ice, and at the same time, the ship's hull A mooring structure capable of suppressing vertical swinging of the mooring structure is obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明の一実施例の平面図、第2図は第1図中
の線■−■に沿う縦断面図、第3図は本発明の他の実施
例の平面図、第4図は第3図中の線■−IVに沿う縦断
面図である。 1・・・船体、       2・・・鉛直貫通孔、3
・・・デツキ、      4・・・巻揚機、5・パ係
留索、      6・・・アンカー、8・・・掘削ド
リルパイプ、9°°°筒状体〜10・・・張出し部、 
   12.12A・・・流氷、A・・・流氷の流れ方
向、 W・・・水面。 代理人  鵜  沼  辰  之 (ほか2名) く坩 悶
FIG. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. The figure is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line -IV in FIG. 3. 1... Hull, 2... Vertical through hole, 3
...Deck, 4.Hoisting machine, 5.Mooring rope, 6.Anchor, 8.Excavation drill pipe, 9°°°cylindrical body to 10.Overhanging part,
12.12A...Drift ice, A...Flow direction of the drift ice, W...Water surface. Agent: Tatsuyuki Unuma (and 2 others)

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)  係留索およびその先端に連結されたアンカー
により海上所定位置に保留され、船体に形成された鉛直
貫通孔を通して掘削ドリルパイプを海底へ延在させて海
底掘削作業を行彦う係留構造物において、前記鉛直貫通
孔の船底開口部の周囲から下方へ突出しかつ下端外周に
張出し部を有する筒状体を設けることを特徴とする係留
構造物。
(1) In a mooring structure that is held at a predetermined position on the sea by a mooring cable and an anchor connected to the tip of the mooring cable, and performs submarine excavation work by extending an excavation drill pipe to the seabed through a vertical through hole formed in the hull of the ship. A mooring structure, characterized in that a cylindrical body is provided that protrudes downward from the periphery of the bottom opening of the vertical through hole and has an overhang on the outer periphery of the lower end.
(2)  前記筒状体が船体に対し突出位置および引込
み位置に調整できることを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第
(1)項記載の係留構造物。
(2) The mooring structure according to claim (1), wherein the cylindrical body can be adjusted to a protruding position and a retracted position with respect to the hull.
(3)  前記船体が係留索およびその先端に連結され
たアンカーによ如海上所定位置に係留される係留体と該
係留体に対し回転可能に組付けられる可動体とを備え、
前記鉛直貫通孔が前記係留体の中心部に形成されること
を特徴とする特許請求の範囲第+11項または第(2)
項記載の係留構造物。
(3) The ship body includes a mooring body moored at a predetermined position on the sea by a mooring line and an anchor connected to the tip thereof, and a movable body rotatably attached to the mooring body,
Claim No. 11 or (2), wherein the vertical through hole is formed in the center of the mooring body.
Mooring structures described in Section 1.
JP6362982A 1982-04-16 1982-04-16 Mooring structure Pending JPS58180394A (en)

Priority Applications (10)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP6362982A JPS58180394A (en) 1982-04-16 1982-04-16 Mooring structure
GB08307998A GB2118903B (en) 1982-04-16 1983-03-23 Floating offshore structure
US06/478,327 US4519728A (en) 1982-04-16 1983-03-24 Floating offshore structure
CA000425226A CA1213788A (en) 1982-04-16 1983-04-05 Floating offshore structure
DE3312951A DE3312951C2 (en) 1982-04-16 1983-04-11 Floating structure
SE8302074A SE457523B (en) 1982-04-16 1983-04-14 FLOATING CONSTRUCTION FOR SEA TECHNOLOGY
NO831342A NO161788C (en) 1982-04-16 1983-04-15 LIQUID CONSTRUCTION.
ES521493A ES521493A0 (en) 1982-04-16 1983-04-15 IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOATING STRUCTURES FOR OPEN SEA.
US06/712,131 US4571125A (en) 1982-04-16 1985-03-15 Floating offshore structure
CA000507928A CA1227379A (en) 1982-04-16 1986-04-29 Floating offshore structure

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