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Patent No.:

US 9227702 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2013

Ballast system for floating offshore platforms

Applicant:

Seahorse Equipment Corp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Oriol R. Rijken, Houston, TX (US);

Edward Sean Large, Houston, TX (US);

Sjoerd Hoekstra, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Seahorse Equipment Corp, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:

Blank Rome LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sunil Singh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 43/06 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63G 8/22 (2006.01); B63B 11/00 (2006.01); B63B 1/10 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/502 (2013.01); B63B 11/00 (2013.01); B63B 43/06 (2013.01); B63G 8/22 (2013.01); B63B 1/107 (2013.01); B63B 35/4413 (2013.01); B63B 2035/442 (2013.01); B63B 2035/448 (2013.01);
Abstract

A floating, offshore drilling and/or production platform such as a tension leg platform, semi-submersible, spar or the like is equipped with a ballast tank system that comprises the traditional tank and a shaft that runs typically vertically from top-of-hull level to the top of the tank. This shaft is large enough to allow the ballast pipe, sounding lines, instrumentation piping, etc. to be installed within it. In certain embodiments, the shaft itself functions as a vent line.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rijken, Oriol. (2016). Ballast system for floating offshore platforms (U.S. Patent No. 9227702). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9227702

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