Method and system for building modular structures from which oil and gas wells are drilled
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Abstract
A method and system for building modular platform structures from which oil and gas wells are drilled and maintained is disclosed, wherein a plurality of easily transportable, multifunctional platform modules are interconnected on-site to form a unitary platform structure. The interconnected platform modules are elevated above a ground surface on one or more legs coupled to at least one of the platform modules. The elevated, interconnected platform modules support both drilling and production operations in land-based, arctic, inaccessible, near-offshore and environmentally sensitive locations.
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21. A method of drilling wells, wherein said wells are drilled at drilling sites have a water depth of less than about eight feet, said method comprising:
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constructing a plurality of modular drilling platforms at a plurality of drilling sites;
installing a set of drilling equipment on a first of said modular drilling platforms; and
drilling a well from said first modular drilling platform. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for drilling wells, wherein said wells are drilled at drilling sites have a water depth of less than about eight feet, said system comprising:
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a plurality of interconnected platform modules;
at least one leg coupled to at least one of said plurality of interconnected platform modules to support said plurality of interconnected platform modules above a surface region; and
drilling equipment supported by said plurality of interconnected platform modules. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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