Articulated multiple buoy marine platform apparatus
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1. A marine platform, comprising:
- a) a plurality of individual buoys;
b) a platform having an oil and gas well producing facility and a peripheral portion that includes plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform; and
d) the connection including first and second connection devices that enable removal of one of the connection devices for servicing, the other device connecting the buoy to the platform during such servicing.
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Abstract
A marine platform provides a plurality of buoys, a platform having a peripheral portion that includes a plurality of attachment positions, one attachment position for each buoy, and a connection that connects each buoy to the platform at a respective attachment position, the connection allowing for sea state induced buoy motions while minimizing effect on the platform. Each connection can provide first and second portions (or devices) and a load transfer mechanism that transfers load from the first portion to the second portion so that one of the portions (or devices) can be serviced.
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1. A marine platform, comprising:
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a) a plurality of individual buoys;
b) a platform having an oil and gas well producing facility and a peripheral portion that includes plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform; and
d) the connection including first and second connection devices that enable removal of one of the connection devices for servicing, the other device connecting the buoy to the platform during such servicing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. marine platform, comprising:
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a) a plurality of buoys;
b) a platform having an oil and gas well producing facility weighing between 500 tons and 100,000 tons and a peripheral portion that includes a plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform;
d) the connection between each buoy and the platform including first and second articulating devices and a load transfer mechanism that enables at least some of the platform load to be transferred from one device to the other device, enabling one of the devices to be serviced. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A marine platform, comprising:
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a) a plurality of buoys;
b) a platform having an oil and gas well producing facility and a peripheral portion that includes a plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform; and
d) each connection having means for enabling a transfer of at least a portion of the platform load from a first portion of the connection to a second portion of the connection so that a first portion of the connection can be serviced. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A marine platform, comprising:
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a) a plurality of buoys;
b) a platform superstructure having an oil and gas well producing facility and a plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform; and
d) each connection including first and second connection devices that enable removal of one of the connection devices for servicing, while the other device is simultaneously connecting the buoy to the platform and effecting load transfer between the buoy and the platform superstructure during such servicing. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A marine platform, comprising:
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a) a plurality of buoys;
b) a platform having an oil and gas well producing facility weighing between 500 tons and 100,000 tons and a peripheral portion that includes a plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform; and
d) said connection between each buoy and the platform including first and second articulating devices and a load transfer mechanism that enables at least some of the platform load to be transferred from one device to the other device so that one of the devices can be serviced. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A marine platform, comprising:
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a) a plurality of buoys;
b) a platform having an oil and gas well producing facility and a peripheral portion that includes a plurality of connecting positions, one connecting position for each buoy; and
c) a plurality of connections that connect the buoys to the platform at respective connecting positions, each of connection of a buoy to the platform being a separate connection allowing for buoy motion induced by sea movement while reducing sea movement effect on the platform; and
d) said connection having means for enabling a transfer of at least a portion of the platform load from a first portion of the connection to a second portion of the connection so that the first portion of the connection can be serviced. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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