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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Anthony Neil Williams, Houston, TX (US);
Amir Homayoun Heidari, Houston, TX (US);
Sean Large, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony Neil Williams, Houston, TX (US);
Amir Homayoun Heidari, Houston, TX (US);
Sean Large, Houston, TX (US);
Seahorse Equipment Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A semisubmersible platform includes a deck supported on the upper ends of support columns extending upwardly from a horizontally disposed pontoon-ring. The columns are battered inwardly and upwardly from the pontoon-ring to the deck. Mooring lines passing through fair leads on the outer faces of the base nodes anchor the platform to the seabed. The footprint of the battered columns is greater than the footprint of the deck supported on the upper ends of the columns.