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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Adel H. Younan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventor:
Adel H. Younan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); B63H 19/08 (2006.01); E21B 7/12 (2006.01); B63B 35/12 (2006.01); B60F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0007 (2013.01); B60F 3/0061 (2013.01); B63B 35/12 (2013.01); B63H 19/08 (2013.01); E21B 7/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A marine vessel for hydrocarbon exploration and methods of utilizing the same. In some embodiments, the vessel is enhanced with deployable and adjustable land propulsion mechanisms controlled by an active system to maintain position when on top of a drifting ice floe, water propulsion devices connected to the vessel hull capable of station-keeping in open water and/or within broken sea ice, sufficient power and flexibility to enable riding an ice floe, and at least one deployable ice hole cutter to open a channel through the ice floe.