Cameron Sense As

Cameron Technologies Limited

Bård H Kaasin

Håkon F Bergan

Joe Rodney Berry

Erling Tambs

Alv Repstad

Harald Langenes

Joe R Berry

Various hoisting systems with heave compensation are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a winch having a rotatable drum and a heave compensation system with both active and passive drive input devices. The heave compensation system can be coupled to the rotatable drum so that the active and passive drive input devices can each be used to drive rotation of the rotatable drum in response to heaving motion of the winch. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Heave compensation winches

Various hoisting systems with heave compensation are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a hoisting system having a crown block and a drawworks. The drawworks includes a rotatable drum for reeling in and reeling out a hoisting line that is wound on the rotatable drum and reeved over the crown block. The hoisting system includes active heave control at the drawworks and a passive heave compensation system. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Hoisting systems with heave compensation

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Gvarv, Norway

Bård H Kaasin