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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Jun Zou, Katy, TX (US);
Edward Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Clay F. Anderson, Katy, TX (US);
John Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Jun Zou, Katy, TX (US);
Edward Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Clay F. Anderson, Katy, TX (US);
John Allen, Houston, TX (US);
ABB Lummus Global, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A marine buoy for the offshore support of subsea production and drilling activities that has a closed-bottomed base section with a solid ballast and variable ballast chambers, a chamber in the base section for storing equipment and supplies, and an upper section with a smaller cross-sectional area than the base section having an elevator shaft leading from the top of the upper section to the chamber in the base section. The upper section supports a deck for housing process equipment for operations that the marine buoy is supporting.