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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Scott E. Coblitz, Houston, TX (US);
Amal C. Phadke, Houston, TX (US);
Derrick Laskowski, Houston, TX (US);
Dan Mueller, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel R. Givan, Houston, TX (US);
George Z. Gu, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/04 (2006.01); E02B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/22 (2006.01); E02B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63B 35/003 (2013.01); B63G 8/04 (2013.01); B63G 8/22 (2013.01); E02B 17/02 (2013.01); E02B 17/021 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01); E02B 2017/0043 (2013.01); E02B 2017/0047 (2013.01); E02B 2017/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subsea vessel includes filler material, which may be enclosed by an outer shell and may provide the vessel with a density for floatation. Exemplary applications for the vessels include buoyancy and tanks to hold fluids for operations subsea. The filler may include thermoplastic materials and/or concrete, which may be formed to create internal void spaces.