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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Corey Eugene Hoffman, Magnolia, TX (US);
Theodore Wade Caffarel, Montgomery, TX (US);
Inventors:
Corey Eugene Hoffman, Magnolia, TX (US);
Theodore Wade Caffarel, Montgomery, TX (US);
Assignee:
Wild Well Control, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a subsea salvage operation using a lifting magnet. In one embodiment, a method of salvaging a submerged production platform includes deploying a salvage vessel to a wreckage site of the submerged production platform; lowering a lifting magnet from the salvage vessel to the submerged production platform; and activating the lifting magnet, thereby capturing at least a portion of the submerged production platform.