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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ensco International Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Van Van Vu, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ensco International Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/00 (2006.01); E21B 15/02 (2006.01); E21B 15/00 (2006.01); B63B 3/48 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B65D 88/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 15/02 (2013.01); B63B 3/48 (2013.01); B63B 35/4413 (2013.01); E21B 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques and systems to remove a portion of a drill floor from an offshore vessel. The drill floor may include an immovable section comprising a first portion of a surface area of the drill floor. The drill floor may also include a moveable section comprising a second portion of the surface area of the drill floor. Additionally, the drill floor may include an actuator configured to retract the moveable section from a first position to a second position to remove the second portion of the surface area of the drill floor.