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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Kent B. Davies, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen E. Kibbee, Houston, TX (US);
Richard B. Matten, Houston, TX (US);
Seahorse Equipment Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A floating platform for recovery of oil and gas from offshore oil and gas fields supports one or more decks above the water surface to accommodate equipment for drilling and processing oil, gas and water recovered from the oil and gas field. The platform includes a central column having a portion substantially below the water surface, and including a portion which extends above the water surface. The central column includes a base node and a plurality of pontoons extending outwardly therefrom and is anchored to the seabed by one or more tendons secured to the pontoons and to the seabed. Ballast modules fixedly or removably secured to the base node and/or the pontoons accept solid or liquid ballast for lowering the vertical center of gravity of the platform.