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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Horton DO Brasil Technologia Offshore, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Marcelo I. L. Souza, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Lyle David Finn, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Xavier Castello, Rio Grande, BR;
Rodrigo M. R. Guimarães, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Luiz Germano Bodanese, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Rafael Bodanese, Macaé, BR;
HORTON DO BRASIL TECHNOLOGIA OFFSHORE, LTDA., Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Abstract
A floating offshore structure includes a buoyant hull including a first column, a second column, and a pontoon coupled to the first column and the second column. Each column is vertically oriented and the pontoon extends horizontally from the first column to the second column. Each column has a central axis, an upper end, and a lower end. The pontoon includes a first tubular member and a second tubular member positioned laterally adjacent to the first tubular member. Each tubular member has a central axis, a first end coupled to the lower end of the first column, and a second end coupled to the lower end of the second column. The longitudinal axis of the first tubular member and the longitudinal axis of the second tubular member are disposed in a common horizontal plane.