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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Joseph W Blandford, Houston, TX (US);
Kent B Davies, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen E Kibbee, Katy, TX (US);
Steven J Leverette, Richmond, TX (US);
Seahorse Equipment Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a tension-leg mooring system a production platform supporting one or more decks above the water surface for accommodating equipment to process oil, gas, and water recovered from a subsea hydrocarbon formation is mounted on a single water surface piercing column formed by one or more buoyancy tanks located below the water surface. The surface piercing column includes a base structure comprising three or more pontoons extending radially outwardly from the bottom of the surface piercing column. The production platform is secured to the seabed by one or more tendons per pontoon which are secured to the pontoons at one end and anchored to foundation piles embedded in the seabed at the other end.