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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1979
Raymond W Walker, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Deep Oil Technology, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for offshore well operations in which a tension leg platform, a multiwell template means, and a riser system are arranged to provide: effective use of the advantages of a tension leg platform, a simplified riser design, and a novel template design which minimizes orientation problems of well equipment at the sea floor. A multiwell template means in which the template frame includes a latch ring member for each well to cooperate with a retrievable guide line base frame having releasable latch members whereby angular or radial orientation of the guide line base frame is not required with respect to the template frame. A retrievable guide line base frame having alignment means thereon and guide posts with guide lines attached thereto.