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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:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susan L Smolinski, Houston, TX (US);
Denby G Morrison, Houston, TX (US);
Peter W Marshall, Stocksfield, GB;
David A Huete, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4051951 ; 405224 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a deepwater compliant platform that has enhanced dynamic characteristics by virtue of its wide stance, eliminates conventional conductor drivepipe guides and supporting framework, and reduces the net material requirements with a substantially open interior permitted in the absence of the conductor guides. This utilizes the wide body stance to accommodate a wide riser suspension corridor through the open interior thereby allowing suspended risers to be spaced apart sufficiently to avoid interference in response to normal tower motions.