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DRY-TREE SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE PRODUCTION AND DRILLING UNIT

  • US 20130032076A1
  • Filed: 04/25/2011
  • Published: 02/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dry-tree semi-submersible production and drilling platform unit, comprising:

  • a semi-submersible hull portion, the hull portion including a ring pontoon and at least four columns connected to the ring pontoon;

    a mooring portion anchored to a sea floor and mechanically coupled to each of the at least four columns;

    a topside portion supported by the hull, the topside portion including a deck box with at least one of a plated bottom and a grated bottom;

    a wellbay portion positioned in a central location of the deck box and configured to support a drilling substructure, a production substructure and a plurality of top-tensioned risers, the wellbay portion including a plurality of well slots arranged in a grid pattern, the drilling substructure configured to provide vertical access to each well slot in the grid pattern;

    a top-tensioned riser portion including the plurality of top-tensioned risers and at least one of dry-trees and direct vertical access to each of the plurality of well slots;

    a catenary riser portion including a plurality of steel catenary or flexible risers, each of the steel catenary or flexible risers being hung from the ring pontoon; and

    a riser tensioning subsystem having a plurality of riser tensioners configured to provide vertical motion compensation for each of the plurality of top-tensioned risers,wherein the riser tensioning subsystem is characterized by a tension level parameter, a stroke length parameter, and a stiffness parameter, and wherein a set of values for the tension level parameter, the stroke length parameter, and the stiffness parameter is determined based on a field water depth, a number of wells in the wellbay portion, a predetermined top-tensioned riser configuration, and a predetermined topside capacity.

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