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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2009
Arcandra Tahar, Houston, TX (US);
Edward E. Horton, Iii, Houston, TX (US);
Arcandra Tahar, Houston, TX (US);
Edward E. Horton, III, Houston, TX (US);
Horton Deepwater Development Systems, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A semi-submersible offshore structure for offshore operations. In an embodiment, the structure comprises a buoyant hull. The hull comprises a first elongate horizontal pontoon having a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end. The pontoon includes a first node disposed at the first end of the pontoon, a second node disposed at the second end of the pontoon, and an intermediate section extending axially from the first node to the second node. Moreover, the first node has a width W, the second node has a width W, and the intermediate section has a width Wmeasured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in bottom view. The width Wvaries moving axially from the first node to the second node.