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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1997
Tore Halvorsen, 3600 Kongsberg, NO;
Jimmy Andrews, Liholiho Rise, SG;
Luis Antonio Araujo, Edinburgh, GB;
Sverre Corneliussen, 3600 Kongsberg, NO;
Christopher E Cunningham, 3600 Kongsberg, NO;
Martin Faella, N-3023 Drammen, NO;
Kaj Hugo Fredriksen, 3215 Sandefjord, NO;
Nicholas Gatherar, Edinburgh, GB;
Olav Inderberg, 3600 Kongsberg, NO;
Asmund Lauvli, 3600 Kongsberg, NO;
Michael Graham Morgan, Limekilns, Fife, GB;
James Tait, Dunfermline, GB;
Other;
Abstract
A subsea system comprises a central template that is piled into the seabed and carried wing modules that are connected to the template by hinges. This allows the template to be deployed and the wing modules attached subsequently or for the wing modules to be folded upwardly into a collapsed disposition as the template is deployed. In either case, the template can be deployed through the moonpool of a vessel and does not require a heavy lifting barge. An example of a module usable with the template is a hinge-over guidebase which can allow the commencement of drilling of a well while a manifold and christmas tree are being constructed for subsequent attachment. Thus, installation of the system is easy and drilling of the well can commence quickly.