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AU1498997A - Floating caisson for offshore drilling - Google Patents

Floating caisson for offshore drilling

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Publication number
AU1498997A
AU1498997A AU14989/97A AU1498997A AU1498997A AU 1498997 A AU1498997 A AU 1498997A AU 14989/97 A AU14989/97 A AU 14989/97A AU 1498997 A AU1498997 A AU 1498997A AU 1498997 A AU1498997 A AU 1498997A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
offshore drilling
floating caisson
caisson
floating
offshore
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.)
Granted
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AU14989/97A
Other versions
AU686061B2 (en
Inventor
Edward E Horton III
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Deep Oil Technology Inc
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Deep Oil Technology Inc
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Publication of AU1498997A publication Critical patent/AU1498997A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of AU686061B2 publication Critical patent/AU686061B2/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B39/00—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude
    • B63B39/08—Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude to decrease vessel movements by using auxiliary jets or propellers
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
    • B63B1/02—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement
    • B63B1/04—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull
    • B63B2001/044—Hydrodynamic 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
    • 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)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
AU14989/97A 1996-03-04 1997-02-27 Floating caisson for offshore drilling Ceased AU686061B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US606467 1990-10-31
US60646796A 1996-03-04 1996-03-04

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU1498997A true AU1498997A (en) 1997-09-11
AU686061B2 AU686061B2 (en) 1998-01-29

Family

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AU14989/97A Ceased AU686061B2 (en) 1996-03-04 1997-02-27 Floating caisson for offshore drilling

Country Status (4)

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AU (1) AU686061B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9701167A (en)
GB (1) GB2310832A (en)
NO (1) NO970796L (en)

Families Citing this family (9)

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US6196768B1 (en) 1996-11-15 2001-03-06 Shell Oil Company Spar fairing
WO2000003112A1 (en) * 1998-07-10 2000-01-20 Fmc Corporation Floating spar for supporting production risers
US6551029B2 (en) * 2000-01-31 2003-04-22 Hongbo Shu Active apparatus and method for reducing fluid induced stresses by introduction of energetic flow into boundary layer around an element
US6644894B2 (en) * 2000-01-31 2003-11-11 Shell Oil Company Passive apparatus and method for reducing fluid induced stresses by introduction of energetic flow into boundary layer around structures
NO20010396L (en) * 2001-01-23 2002-07-24 Abb Ind As Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of an engine
SE533040C2 (en) 2008-02-14 2010-06-15 Gva Consultants Ab Semi-submersible platform body to support drilling, storage, processing or production of offshore hydrocarbons
US20120132124A1 (en) * 2010-11-25 2012-05-31 Genesis Group Inc. SPAR Based Maritime Access Vehicle
NO337402B1 (en) * 2013-09-13 2016-04-04 Sevan Marine Asa A floating hull with stabilizer section
US10668990B2 (en) * 2017-07-16 2020-06-02 Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd. Self-powered computing buoy

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US3602320A (en) * 1968-10-16 1971-08-31 Amoco Prod Co Deep sea pile setting and coring vessel
GB2118903B (en) * 1982-04-16 1985-09-25 Mitsui Shipbuilding Eng Floating offshore structure
US4656959A (en) * 1985-03-25 1987-04-14 Moisdon Roger F G Vertical ship

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Publication number Publication date
NO970796L (en) 1997-09-05
BR9701167A (en) 1998-12-15
GB9703324D0 (en) 1997-04-09
GB2310832A (en) 1997-09-10
NO970796D0 (en) 1997-02-21
AU686061B2 (en) 1998-01-29

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