Method of installing sub-sea templates
US4435108A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 11, 1981 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B2001/128
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A subsea template is installed by a method which includes the steps of securing the template in a position beneath the deck of a semi-submersible drilling vessel, moving the semi-submersible drilling vessel to an appropriate offshore site and subsequently lowering the template from the semi-submersible to the sea bed. In addition, at least three anchorage templates may be loaded onto one or both of the pontoons of the semi-submersible drilling vessel at its original position and are subsequently lowered from the pontoons to their respective locations on the sea bed after the semi-submersible has moved to the offshore site.
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