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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Kok Seng Foo, Singapore, SG;
Chin Kau Quah, Singapore, SG;
Okky Ahmad Purwana, Singapore, SG;
Lodewijk Keizer, Heerenveen, NL;
Mark Felton Randolph, Perth, AU;
Mark Jason Cassidy, Shenton Park, AU;
Kok Seng Foo, Singapore, SG;
Chin Kau Quah, Singapore, SG;
Okky Ahmad Purwana, Singapore, SG;
Lodewijk Keizer, Heerenveen, NL;
Mark Felton Randolph, Perth, AU;
Mark Jason Cassidy, Shenton Park, AU;
Keppel Offshore & Marie Technology Centre Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
A.P. van den Berg Holding bv, Heerenveen, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for soil testing for a jack-up rig, the apparatus comprising a soil testing device integrated with a leg of the jack-up rig, the leg of the jack-up rig having a footing, an opening in the footing for allowing passage of an active portion of the soil testing device therethrough to obtain soil data from a seabed beneath the footing, and a retrieval assembly for retrieving the soil testing device.