The present invention relates to apparatus and a method of embedding a plate anchor. The method comprises providing a plurality of embedment modules each of which is suitable for embedding a plate anchor within a different type of soil. The method comprises determining the type of soil of a seabed at a target site and selecting an embedment module based on the type of soil at the target site. The embedment module is removably mounted within a modular follower assembly. The modular follower assembly is deployed from a vessel and the embedment module is actuated to drive the plate anchor into the seabed. The modular follower assembly is then retrieved to the vessel. The modular follower assembly is reconfigured to provide the modular follower assembly with different embedment modules for a subsequent deployment and to embed further plate anchors within different soil types.
The present invention relates to apparatus and a method of embedding a plate anchor. The method comprises providing a plurality of embedment modules each of which is suitable for embedding a plate anchor within a different type of soil. The method comprises determining the type of soil of a seabed at a target site and selecting an embedment module based on the type of soil at the target site. The embedment module is removably mounted within a modular follower assembly. The modular follower assembly is deployed from a vessel and the embedment module is actuated to drive the plate anchor into the seabed. The modular follower assembly is then retrieved to the vessel. The modular follower assembly is reconfigured to provide the modular follower assembly with different embedment modules for a subsequent deployment and to embed futher plate anchors within different soil types.
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Metal materials for building and construction namely, piles, chains, and struts; Nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; Metal hardware namely, washers, bolts, screws; Mooring systems comprised of namely, metal mooring buoys, mooring cables of metal, anchors of metal and mooring bollards of metal; Mooring systems consisting of subsea anchors and mooring cables of metal and mooring chains of metal; Mooring cables of metal; Metal containers for storage or transport; Metal anchor plates; Anchor plates of metal; Plate anchors of metal; Anchorage devices of metal, namely, anchors; Beams of metal; Boards of metal for building, anchors, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; Cladding made of metal for building, anchors, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; Construction materials of metal namely, piles, chains, and struts; Cover namely, anchor plates of metal; Downpoles of metal for the distribution of cables; Downpoles of metal for the ducting of wires; Framework structures of metal for building and construction of anchors, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; Inspection chambers made of metal namely, chambers being structures made of metal for inspection of anchors, mooring cables, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; Inspection covers of metal namely, metal covers being sealing caps of metal which may be opened to allow inspection of anchors, mooring cables, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; Marine anchors; Metal anchors; Anchors; Metal flanges; Piles of metal; Reinforcing materials of metal for building, anchors, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; Structural steel; Anchor socket tube sections of metal; Connectors of metal for pipes; Drill pipes of metal; High-pressure pipelines, namely, metal pipes; Junctions of metal for pipes; Metal pipes and tubes; Metal pipes for liquid and gas transfer; Pipes and tubes of metal; Chains of metal; Anchor chains of metal; Offshore drilling and support platforms made primarily of metal for wind turbines; Parts and fittings relating to the aforesaid namely, metal springs, washers, nuts and pulleys Construction equipment and machinery namely, construction machines being metal forming machines, cranes and lifting machines, telehandlers, pile drivers, drilling rigs, drilling machines, powered hammers, compactors, earth moving machines, dredging machines and ground breaking machines for anchors, mooring buoys, mooring bollards, offshore drilling and support platforms; power-operated tools namely, drill hammers, drills, saws, angle grinders; Motors and engines, except for land vehicles; Machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; Barrels being machine parts for use with boring machines; Barrels being machine parts for use with drilling machines; Barrels being machine parts for use with drilling rigs; power operated boring tools, namely subsea ground drilling machines; Dredging machines; Drilling rigs; Earth boring apparatus being mine borers and subsea ground drilling machines; Subsea ground drilling machines; Hydraulic excavators; Pileextractors; rammers being machines; Rock drills; Vibrating machines for soil; Pile drivers; Machines for installing marine anchors; Machines for installing plate anchors; Machines for installing anchors; Compressors for machines; Hydraulic rams being machines; hydraulic and electric pumps; Power-operated lifting machines for moving drilling rigs, anchors, and mooring equipment; Hydraulic controls for machines, motors and engines; Pneumatic controls for machines, motors and engines; Hydraulic accumulators being parts of machines; Pressure control valves being part of machines; Regulators as machine parts; Shaft couplings for machines; Hydraulic hammers; Drilling hammers namely, power-operated percussion hammer drills; Hammering machines namely, jack hammers; Pneumatic hammers; Power hammer; Vibratory power hammer; Clamping machines in the nature of clamps for use in the precision clamping of work pieces and construction components; Power transmission chains other than for land vehicles; Lifting apparatus namely, hydraulic lift tables, cranes; Air and water Suction machines for industrial purposes; Power supply apparatus namely, auxiliary power units for supplying electrical power; Portable electric power generators; Power installations namely, auxiliary power units for supplying electrical power; Hydraulic Power Units Building construction services; Installation, repair, maintenance and removal of marine anchors; Installation, repair, maintenance and removal of mooring systems; Installation, repair, maintenance and removal of offshore wind turbines; building, installation, maintenance, removal and repair services of offshore wind turbine platforms and pipelines; Installation of subsea facilities, including metallic and concrete structures, pipelines, flowlines and cables; Pump repair and maintenance; Installation of hydraulic building construction equipment, anchor construction equipment, mooring buoy and bollard construction equipment, offshore drilling construction equipment, and offshore support platform construction equipment; Anticorrosion treatment, namely, anticorrosion painting and coating services; Construction of civil engineering structures; Building construction of exploitation platforms; Construction project management services; subsea ground drilling for oil wells, gas wells, underground pipeline and telecommunication cables installation, underground structural foundation installations for different soil conditions, anchor installation, and installation of structures for wind turbines and tide water turbines; Installation and maintenance of hydraulic building construction equipment, anchor construction equipment, mooring buoy and bollard construction equipment, offshore drilling construction equipment, and offshore support platform construction equipment; Installation and maintenance of industrial machinery; Installation of wind power systems; Marine construction; Offshore construction, namely, construction of offshore drilling and support platforms, construction of mooring systems; Rental of construction equipment in the nature of marine anchors; Rental of offshore wind turbine platforms and pipelines; Rental of earth boring apparatus; Rental of pile drivers; Rental of hydraulic hammers, drilling hammers, pneumatic hammers, power hammers and vibratory hammers; Rental of clamping machines; Rental of lifting apparatus for use in construction; Information, advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforesaid, namely building and marine construction information, mooring system building construction information, provision of advice on rental, maintenance, and installation of construction equipment
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Metal materials for building and construction; Nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; Metal hardware; Mooring systems; Mooring systems consisting of subsea anchors and mooring cables and mooring chains; Mooring cables of metal; Metal containers for storage or transport; Anchor plates; Anchor plates of metal; Plate Anchors; Anchorage devices of metal; Beams of metal; Boards of metal; Cladding made of metal; Construction materials of metal; Cover plates of metal; Downpoles of metal for the distribution of cables; Downpoles of metal for the ducting of wires; Framework structures of metal; Inspection chambers made of metal; Inspection covers of metal; Marine anchors; Metal anchors; Anchors; Metal flanges; Piles of metal; Reinforcing materials of metal; Structural steelwork; Anchor socket tube sections of metal; Connectors of metal for pipes; Drill pipes of metal; High-pressure pipelines (of metal); Junctions of metal for pipes; Metal pipes and tubes; Metal pipes for liquid and gas transfer; Pipes and tubes of metal; Chains of metal; Anchor chains of metal; Offshore platforms for wind turbines; Parts and fittings relating to the aforesaid. Construction equipment and machinery; power-operated tools; Motors and engines, except for land vehicles; Machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; Barrels for use with boring machines; Barrels for use with drilling machines; Barrels for use with drilling rigs; Boring tools [machine tools]; Dredging machines; Drilling rigs; Earth boring apparatus [machines]; Subsea ground drilling apparatus [machines]; Hydraulic excavators; Pile-extractors; rammers [machines]; Rock drills; Vibrating machines; Pile drivers; Machines for installing marine anchors; Machines for installing plate anchors; Machines for installing anchors; Compressors for machines; Hydraulic rams; Pumps [machines]; Lifting machines; Controls (hydraulic - ) for machines, motors and engines; Controls (pneumatic - ) for machines, motors and engines; Hydraulic accumulators being parts of machines; Pressure control valves being part of machines; Regulators as machine parts; Shaft couplings for machines; Hydraulic hammers; Drilling hammers; Hammering machines; Pneumatic hammers; Power hammer; Vibratory hammer; Clamping machines; Power transmission chains; Lifting apparatus; Suction machines for industrial purposes; Power supply apparatus [generators]; Portable electric power generators; Power installations [generators]; Hydraulic Power Units; Parts and fittings relating to the aforesaid. Construction services; Installation, repair, maintenance and removal of marine anchors; Installation, repair, maintenance and removal of mooring systems; Installation, repair, maintenance and removal of offshore wind turbines; building, installation, maintenance, removal and repair services in relation to offshore wind turbine platforms and pipelines; Installation of subsea facilities, including metallic and concrete structures, pipelines, flowlines and cables; Pump repair and maintenance; Installation of hydraulic equipment; Anticorrosion treatment; Construction of civil engineering works; Construction of exploitation platforms; Construction project management services; Drilling; Installation and maintenance of hydraulic equipment; Installation and maintenance of industrial machinery; Installation of wind power systems; Marine construction; Offshore construction; Rental of marine anchors; Rental of offshore wind turbine platforms and pipelines; Rental of earth boring apparatus [machines]; Rental of pile drivers; Rental of hydraulic hammers, drilling hammers, pneumatic hammers, power hammers and vibratory hammers; Rental of clamping machines; Rental of lifting apparatus; Information, advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforesaid.
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Actively steerable gravity embedded anchor systems and methods for using the same
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a self-directed (i.e., autonomous), steerable gravity-embedded anchor. This anchor free-falls through the water column, accelerates due to gravity and uses its kinetic energy to embed itself into the seafloor so as to function as an anchor for mooring of both floating vessels and other underwater structures. Unlike existing gravity-embedded plate anchors, this device can steer itself to its intended target location on the seafloor, enhancing placement accuracy and allowing release directly from an installation vessel on the water surface, thereby greatly simplifying installation.
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a self-directed (i.e., autonomous), steerable gravity-embedded anchor. This anchor free-falls through the water column, accelerates due to gravity and uses its kinetic energy to embed itself into the seafloor so as to function as an anchor for mooring of both floating vessels and other underwater structures. Unlike existing gravity-embedded plate anchors, this device can steer itself to its intended target location on the seafloor, enhancing placement accuracy and allowing release directly from an installation vessel on the water surface, thereby greatly simplifying installation.
Systems and methods are disclosed for deploying one or more anchor piles on the seafloor using submersible line tensioning systems and techniques to achieve tensioning of mooring lines at the seafloor rather than at the conventional vessel deck level. Among other things, the disclosed systems and methods may be advantageously employed for tensioning mooring lines for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) when additional mooring legs must be added to the original complement of MODU legs, as well as and for tensioning mooring lines for vessels having turret mooring systems, each of which have limited space for surface tensioning equipment.
Systems and methods are disclosed for deploying one or more anchor piles on the seafloor using submersible line tensioning systems and techniques to achieve tensioning of mooring lines at the seafloor rather than at the conventional vessel deck level. Among other things, the disclosed systems and methods may be advantageously employed for tensioning mooring lines for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) when additional mooring legs must be added to the original complement of MODU legs, as well as and for tensioning mooring lines for vessels having turret mooring systems, each of which have limited space for surface tensioning equipment.
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for deploying one or more plate anchors on the seafloor prior to later installation (embedment) of the plate anchors using an installation tool such as a suction follower. The methods and apparatus may be used for batch- setting multiple plate anchors on the seafloor for a drilling vessel mooring in which the plate anchors and an installation tool are subsequently engaged for subsequent suction embedment of the plate anchors to design penetration depth.
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for deploying one or more plate anchors on the seafloor prior to later installation (embedment) of the plate anchors using an installation tool such as a suction follower. The methods and apparatus may be used for batch-setting multiple plate anchors on the seafloor for a drilling vessel mooring in which the plate anchors and an installation tool are subsequently engaged for subsequent suction embedment of the plate anchors to design penetration depth.
Disclosed herein are mooring systems and methods for drilling vessels, e.g., for mooring of exploratory drilling vessels in arctic ocean waters. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented in one exemplary embodiment to provide for both a quick disconnect of the mooring system when danger approaches and relatively easy re-connect when the vessel returns to the well site. This may be achieved by connecting the mooring system using dockable buoys in lieu of directly connecting the mooring lines to the vessel. The dockable buoys may be designed for both easy disconnect and easy re-connect to the drilling vessel via receptacles either integral with the hull, e.g., in the case of a drillship, or external to the hull, e.g., in the case of a MODU.
Releasable mooring systems and methods for drilling vessels that may be implemented with dockable and releasable mooring buoys to provide for both a quick disconnect of the mooring system from a drilling vessel and for re-connection of the drilling vessel when the vessel returns to the well site.
The present disclosure generally provides apparatus and methods for removing a subsea well head. The apparatus may include an embedded shear comprising a pile and a shear cutter integrated into the pile. The shear cutter may be mounted within the pile near a lower end thereof. The pile may include a well head conductor receptacle adapted to receive a subsea well head, and the shear cutter may include a shear blade that extends across the well head conductor receptacle when activated. The method may include providing a pile with a shear cutter integrated therein, lowering the pile over the well head, pumping water out of the pile to drive the pile into the seafloor to a desired cutting depth, activating the shear cutter to cut off a portion of the well head, and pumping water into the pile to drive the pile out of the seafloor.
E21B 29/12 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground specially adapted for underwater installations
A depth compensated passive heave compensator comprises a first cylinder connected at its upper end to a vessel. A piston rod extends from a piston located within the first cylinder through the lower end thereof and is connected to subsea equipment. A second cylinder contains a compressed gas which maintains pressure beneath the piston of the first cylinder. The upper end of the first cylinder is connected to the upper end of a third cylinder having a piston mounted therein. A piston rod extending from the piston of third cylinder extends through the lower end thereof thereby applying the pressure of the sea to the piston of the third cylinder.
F16F 9/18 - Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect involving only straight-line movement of the effective parts with a closed cylinder and a piston separating two or more working spaces therein
A depth compensated passive eave compensator comprises a first cylinder connected at its upper end to a vessel. A piston rod extends from a piston located within the first cylinder through the lower end thereof and is connected to subsea equipment. A second cylinder contains a compressed gas which maintains pressure beneath the piston of the first cylinder. The upper end of the first cylinder is connected to the upper end of a third cylinder having a piston mounted therein. A piston rod extending from the piston of third cylinder extends through the lower end thereof thereby applying the pressure of the sea to the piston of the third cylinder.
E21B 29/12 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground specially adapted for underwater installations
B66D 1/26 - Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanismsCapstans having several drums or barrels
B63B 3/00 - Hulls characterised by their structure or component parts
In a method of mooring floating structures a chain receiving device is secured to an anchor and a forerunner chain is extended through the chain receiving device, after which the anchor is secured in engagement with the sea floor. A mooring line is extended between a floating structure and the forerunner chain. A tensioning device on an anchor handling vessel is employed to apply mooring tension to the forerunner chain thereby applying mooring tension to the mooring line secured between the forerunner chain and the floating structure. Mooring tension is maintained by the chain receiving device on the anchor.
An anchor handling/tug/supply (AHTS ) vessel is employed to engage conductor casings with the seafloor. The conductor casings initially penetrate the seafloor to a first depth under their own weight. The conductor casings may optimally be further engaged with the seafloor to a second depth by the application of suction to the interiors thereof or by the use of a drop hammer. The conductor casings are driven to grade by a hydraulic pile driving hammer deployed from the deck of the AHTS vessel the previously deployed conductor casings to grade before being recovered to the desk of the AHTS vessels.
E21B 29/12 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground specially adapted for underwater installations
E21B 19/16 - Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
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Conductor casing installation by anchor handling/tug/supply vessel
An anchor handling/tug/supply (AHTS) vessel is employed to engage conductor casings with the seafloor. The conductor casings initially penetrate the seafloor to a first depth under their own weight. The conductor casings may optimally be further engaged with the seafloor to a second depth by the application of suction to the interiors thereof or by the use of a drop hammer. The conductor casings are driven to grade by a hydraulic pile driving hammer deployed from the deck of the AHTS vessel the previously deployed conductor casings to grade before being recovered to the deck of the AHTS vessel.
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Marine anchors and mooring systems. Installation, maintenance and repair of marine anchors and
mooring systems. Engineering and design of marine anchors and mooring
systems.
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(1) Marine anchors and mooring systems. (1) Installation, maintenance and repair of marine anchors and mooring systems.
(2) Manufacture of marine anchors and mooring systems.
(3) Engineering and design of marine anchors and mooring systems.
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Marine anchors and mooring systems Manufacture, installation, maintenance and repair of marine anchors and mooring systems Engineering and design of marine anchors and mooring systems
