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Method and apparatus for protecting a shallow water well

US4739840A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1986
Grant dateApr 26, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02B2017/0082
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Method and apparatus for reinforcing a shallow water unsupported well conductor by positioning a well jacket adjacent the well conductor, raising the jacket to a selected height above the ocean floor, driving pile through the legs of the jacket, connecting each pile to a surrounding leg and operatively connecting the jacket to the well conductor with the jacket being supported on the piles above the ocean floor.

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