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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Pierre-armand Thomas, Puteaux, FR;
Nicolas Tcherniguin, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Pierre-Armand Thomas, Puteaux, FR;
Nicolas Tcherniguin, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Technip France, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An offshore oil-drilling rig comprising a deck mounted mobile on legs, each leg including a support base on the sea floor and a caisson open at its base and designed to penetrate into the sea floor. Each caisson is arranged inside the leg and is mobile along the axis of the leg between a retracted upper position and a projecting lower position at which it is anchored on the sea floor. The invention also concerns methods for installing such a rig on an oil-drilling site.