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Offshore well test platform system

US4906139A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1988
Grant dateMar 6, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB63B2001/044
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An offshore well test platform system is positionable above one or more underwater wells and comprises a submerged buoy restrained below the surface of the water by a plurality of laterally extending, tensioned cables, a platform structure removably connected to a submerged buoy with an upper portion that extends above the surface of the water, and a flexible riser that connects the well to a well test platform deck above the surface of the water.

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