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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110262230 | Method for Assembling Tendons A tendon is assembled in a horizontal orientation using connectors or by welding at a weld station on a barge or other vessel located at or near the installation site of a tension leg platform. During assembly, the tendon is pulled away from the assembly vessel and tens... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110206466 | Tension Leg Platform With Improved Hydrodynamic Performance A tension leg platform that is stable with a quayside-integrated deck without the use of temporary stability modules or specialized installation techniques. The hull preferably consists of four radially-oriented vertical corner columns connected with four central ring p... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110164927 | SYSTEM FOR INCREASED FLOATATION AND STABILITY ON TENSION LEG PLATFORM BY EXTENDED BUOYANT PONTOONS The disclosure provides a tension leg platform (“TLP”) with a plurality of buoyant pontoons suitable for highly disturbed seas that can expand the stability of the tension leg platform by extending at least one buoyant pontoon beyond an intersection of two pontoons.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110100639 | FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE FOR HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION A floating structure includes a riser support system. The riser support system includes multiple carts, each suitable for moveably connecting a risers to the riser support system. A cart includes a support frame and one or more riser tensioners for connecting the suppor... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110052327 | TENSION LEG CONNECTION SYSTEM Floating construction (1) having a base (2), a tensioning member (17, 18) extending from the sea bed in the direction of the base, a connector (27, 28) at an upper end (16,19) of the tensioning member and attachment means on the base f... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100290838 | Fractal column offset tension leg platform (COTLP) A Fractal Column Offset Tension Leg Platform (COTLP) consists of a semi-submersible hull type, tension moored to the seabed. The Fractal COTLP advances the state of technology by utilizing fractal arrangements of repeated, similar structural units, consisting of continu... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100254767 | Ram Style Tensioner A riser tensioner configured to apply a tension to a riser. The riser tensioner includes a frame configured to be fixedly attached to the riser; plural cylinder assemblies spaced around the riser, each cylinder assembly having a cylinder and a piston configured to slida... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100232886 | SELF-TENSIONING TENDON FOR TENSION LEG PLATFORM APPLICATION A self-tensioning tendon for pulling a tension leg platform (TLP) down to a desired draft position. The self-tensioning tendon can be utilized with either a co-installation process or a pre-installation process and connects to an assembled tendon joint. The self-tension... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100129160 | Tendon-Supported Membrane Pipe A pipe comprising a flexible membrane that is disposed over a plurality of spaced-apart tendons is disclosed.... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20090279958 | PONTOONLESS TENSION LEG PLATFORM A pontoonless tension leg platform (TLP) has a plurality of buoyant columns connected by an above-water deck support structure. The design eliminates the need for subsea pontoons extending between the surface-piercing columns. In certain embodiments, the buoyancy of the... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090185869 | BATTERED COLUMN TENSION LEG PLATFORM A tension leg platform includes a deck supported on the upper ends of three or more columns interconnected at the lower ends thereof by horizontally disposed connecting members. The columns are battered inwardly and upwardly from the platform base to the deck. Tendons c... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090080981 | WAVE ATTENUATION SYSTEM A wave attenuation system having a floating member, at least one anchor member, and a plurality of interconnected wave attenuation members. The floating member has a generally flat top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to be disposed above a wa... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080240864 | Assembly, transportation and installation of deepwater windpower plant A deepwater windpower plant (DWP) has a tension leg-type floating platform with an evacuable base for adjusting its buoyancy for installation at ocean depths ranging from 40 meters up to 1.5 kilometers and more. The DWP has a typical offshore wind turbine assembled clos... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080101872 | System, method, and apparatus for independent retention of a locking device on mooring connections A tendon or riser connector has a separate lock-down device that overrides the connector's ability to unlock if the riser or tendon goes slack. The connector has a lock ring that engages a groove profile on a receptacle and is prevented from accidentally unlocking with ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080056829 | Method for making a floating offshore drilling/producing structure A method for making a deep draft semi-submersible drilling/production vessel having a center of gravity below its center of buoyancy by constructing a plurality of buoyant individual columns. The method connects a pair of columns with at least a first top truss and a fi... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070231078 | Composite tendon A composite tendon comprises a main body of rope type construction. The ends of the tendon body terminate in eye splices for connection to termination connectors. Component strands of the composite tendon may form separate eye splices for connection to the termination c... | 10/04/2007 |
