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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., Marly, CH;
Inventors:
Jeffrey Douglas Otten, Cypress, TX (US);
Peimin Cao, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Thomas Prichard, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS, INC., Marly, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21B 17/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/006 (2013.01); E21B 17/01 (2013.01); E21B 17/015 (2013.01); E21B 19/004 (2013.01); E21B 43/0107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A top interface for subsea riser on offshore, floating vessel has an upper funnel and a co-axial lower funnel in spaced-apart relation. Tension loads on the riser are reacted at the upper funnel while lateral and bending loads are reacted at the lower funnel. The riser top interface may be used with flexible risers or steel catenary risers.