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Arctic drilling base

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5044267
An arctic drilling barge is disclosed to perform offshore activities in the shallow water, fast ice regions of the arctic seas. Optimal ice interaction is obtained by shaping the hull of the barge in the form of an upright frustum. Ice which does adhere to the barge is detached and melted by circulating fluid through a plurality of interior hull compartments next to the hull sidewalls of the barge.
Assignee:
Offshore Co.
Patent Number(s):
US 4080798
OSTI ID:
5044267
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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