Marine buoy for offshore support
US6869251B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B2001/044
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A marine buoy for the offshore support of subsea production and drilling activities that has a closed-bottomed base section with a solid ballast and variable ballast chambers, a chamber in the base section for storing equipment and supplies, and an upper section with a smaller cross-sectional area than the base section having an elevator shaft leading from the top of the upper section to the chamber in the base section. The upper section supports a deck for housing process equipment for operations that the marine buoy is supporting.
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