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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Steven J. Leverette, Richmond, TX (US);
Oriol R. Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Peter A. Lunde, Cypress, TX (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. Leverette, Richmond, TX (US);
Oriol R. Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Peter A. Lunde, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Seahorse Equipment Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tension leg platform includes a deck supported on the upper ends of three or more columns interconnected at the lower ends thereof by horizontally disposed pontoons. The columns are battered inwardly and upwardly from the pontoons to the deck. Tendons connected at the columns anchor the platform to the seabed. The footprints of the base of the battered columns and the tendons are larger than the footprint of the deck supported on the upper ends of the columns.