Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular concrete substructures
- Patent Title (中): 模块化混凝土子结构
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Application No.: US11737620Application Date: 2007-04-19
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Publication No.: US07674073B2Publication Date: 2010-03-09
- Inventor: David A. Heskin , Donald L. Andress
- Applicant: David A. Heskin , Donald L. Andress
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: E02D27/10
- IPC: E02D27/10

Abstract:
A concrete section of an offshore platform substructure comprises a concrete body with a central opening and at least one guidepost hole extending through a height of the concrete body, wherein a width of the concrete body is greater than the height. An offshore platform substructure comprises a base portion resting on the ocean floor, and a plurality of concrete support sections stacked one on top of another on the base portion. A method of assembling an offshore platform with a concrete substructure comprises locating a guidepost in the ocean floor at a well site, towing a plurality of concrete sections to the well site, sequentially engaging each of the plurality of concrete sections with the guidepost, and sequentially sinking each of the plurality of concrete sections, thereby forming a stack of concrete sections on the ocean floor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080260468A1 MODULAR CONCRETE SUBSTRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2008-10-23
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