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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1993
Dale M Gallaher, Metairie, LA (US);
George E Sgouros, New Orleans, LA (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An offshore platform structure is disclosed for facilitating use of a jack-up rig for well operations in deepwater applications while reducing the jacket size and increasing the flexibility of field development. The structure has a bottom founded jacket base and a surface tower supported by the jacket base and extending above the ocean surface. A platform deck is supported by the surface tower and a subsea rig support interface is presented at the top of the jacket base which is adapted to receive the jack-up rig for well operations. Another aspect of the present invention is an offshore platform system which includes a jack-up rig having a plurality of legs extending from a combination hull/deck structure and engaging the rig support interface. Well operations equipment provided by the jack-up rig which includes a cantilever deck extending from the combination hull and deck structure to present a derrick in substantial vertical alignment with the surface tower.