Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd.

Other

Ssp Technologies, Inc.

Kellogg Brown + Root LLC

Seatrium (sg) Pte. Ltd.

Seatrium Pte. Ltd.

Vandenworm, Nicolaas J.

Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm

James Francis O'Sullivan

Andrea Mangiavacchi

Raj M Amin

John William Beck, Iii

Xiao Li Chia

Shuo Wang

Chin Hui Low

John Williams Beck, Iii

Clyde E Nolan, Jr,

Clyde E Nolan, Jr

According to embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus for adjusting a wind turbine system is provided. The apparatus includes a structure including a top surface opening and a bottom surface opening opposite to the top surface opening, the structure configured to receive a mast of the wind turbine system through the top surface opening and the bottom surface opening; a jacking mechanism operable to raise or lower the structure with respect to the mast; and a locking mechanism configured to releasably secure the structure to the wind turbine system. According to further embodiments, a mast of a wind turbine system, a system including the apparatus and the mast, and a method for adjusting a wind turbine system are also provided.

Apparatus and method for adjusting a wind turbine system, and mast of a wind turbine system

A buoyant structure having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure.

Buoyant structure

A petroleum drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck section, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck section, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of a bottom surface. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the petroleum drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel.

A floating driller having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck section, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck section, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of a bottom surface. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above the water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the floating driller.

Floating driller

A continuous vertical tubular handling and hoisting buoyant structure has a hull, a main deck, an upper neck extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, an intermediate neck, a lower neck that extends from the intermediate neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section is located below the upper neck and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure. An automated stand building system mounted to the hull is in communication with a controller and configured to make up the marine risers, make up casing, and make up drill pipe.

Continuous vertical tubular handling and hoisting buoyant structure

A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a plurality of separate tunnels between columns extending from the keel having an n-polytope shape and a fin-shaped appendage is secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull. The at least one tunnel contains water at operational depth of the buoyant structure.

Buoyant structure with a plurality of tunnels and fins

A buoyant structure with a hull, a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section; a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section; a generally rounded keel; a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull proximate the generally rounded keel. In embodiments, the keel has a first frame extending from the keel and a first keel extension connected to the first frame.

Buoyant structure with frame and keel section

A buoyant structure contains a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower ellipsoidal section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the keel having the n-polytope shape, and a plurality of columns connected between the keel having the n-polytope shape and the main deck forming one or more tunnels between the plurality of columns.

Buoyant structure with a plurality of columns and fins

A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck. The hull further contains a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section, a generally rounded keel, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the hull proximate the generally rounded keel, the fin shaped appendage having a shape selected from the group consisting of: a triangular shape, a hump shape and a pair of connected triangular projections shape.

A buoyant structure contains a hull. The hull has a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section, a generally rounded keel, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of an exterior of the keel, and an offloading device slidably connected to an outside surface of the hull configured for rotating around an outer circumference of the hull.

Buoyant structure with offloading device

A method for offshore floating petroleum production, storage and offloading comprising receiving hydrocarbons from at least one of an FPSO, production risers, or wellhead on the seabed by a floating hull; processing received hydrocarbons forming hydrocarbon product in the floating hull; storing the hydrocarbon product in the floating hull; and offloading the stored hydrocarbon product. The floating hull contains a hull plan view that is circular and wherein the floating hull has a bottom surface, a top deck surface, at least three connected sections, joined in series and symmetrically configured about a vertical axis with the connected sections extending downwardly from the top deck surface toward the bottom surface. The at least three connected sections contain an upper cylindrical portion, a lower conical section, a cylindrical neck section, and a set of fins secured to the hull configured to provide hydrodynamic performance through linear and quadratic damping.

Method for offshore floating petroleum production, storage and offloading with a buoyant structure

A method for operating floating vessel wherein the floating vessel comprises a hull having: a bottom surface, a top deck surface, at least two connected sections engaging between the bottom surface and the top deck surface, and at least one fin extending from the hull with an upper fin surface sloping towards the bottom surface and secured to and extending from the hull, the at least one fin configured to provide hydrodynamic performance. The at least two connected sections extend downwardly from the top deck surface toward the bottom surface. The at least two connected sections contain at least two of: an upper portion in section view with a sloping side extending from the top deck section, a cylindrical neck section in profile view, and a lower conical section in profile view with a sloping side extending from the cylindrical neck section.

Method for operating floating driller

A semisubmersible with a plurality of surface piercing columns, a plurality of pontoons attached to and extending between pairs of adjacent surface piercing columns, a tunnel side formed between a first pair of surface piercing columns, an additional tunnel side formed between a second pair of surface piercing columns, a tunnel floor formed between the tunnel sides. A tunnel opening formed between the tunnel sides for receiving a floating vessel into the tunnel structure, and a main deck secured to the plurality of surface piercing columns. The semisubmersible can be ballasted to an operational depth and deballested to a transit depth.

Semisubmersible with tunnel structure

A buoyant structure or floating driller having a hull, a planar keel, a lower frustoconical portion disposed above the planar keel with an inwardly sloping wall and an upper frustoconical portion connected to the lower frustoconical portion with an outwardly sloping wall forming a hull neck. The buoyant structure has a main deck and a moon pool, at least one external tank and a plurality of ballast compartments. The buoyant structure defines a low center of gravity, wherein the combination of the upper frustoconical portion and the lower frustoconical portion provide an inherent stability to the buoyant structure.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm