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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Kok Seng Foo, Singapore, SG;
Michael John Perry, Singapore, SG;
Quah Chin Kau Matthew, Singapore, SG;
Cynthia Wang, Singapore, SG;
Randall Scott Shafer, Houston, TX (US);
Peter Noble, Spring, TX (US);
Dominic P. Berta, Katy, TX (US);
Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre, Singapore, SG;
Pte Ltd/ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a riser protection structure being suitable to be employed in a Jackup rig. The riser protection structure comprises a plurality of piles, an upper module, wherein the upper module comprises a main protection tubing for receiving a riser, a plurality of sleeves to be installed over the plurality of piles, and a connecting network; wherein the plurality of sleeves are disposed around the main protection tubing; and wherein the main protection tubing and the plurality of sleeves are connected together by the connecting network, and a lower module, wherein the lower module comprises a plurality of tubular guides for guiding and later fixing the piles and a connecting structure, wherein the plurality of piles are securely disposed into the seabed for providing the requisite support for the upper and lower modules when they are assembled.