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Title: Apparatus for use in placing a submarine structure on the sea bed alongside an underwater well and method of drilling a plurality of closely spaced underwater wells

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5213453

A template for spacing a submarine structure such as an anchor block or a guide base for a second underwater well alongside an existing underwater well comprises a beam attached at one end, by means of a hinge, to a lowering guide which can be threaded over and be lowered along two guide wires of the first well, and at the other end by a remote-controlled release mechanism to the submarine structure such as the anchor block itself or a guide base for a second well. The beam, with such a submarine structure attached, is lowered down the guide wires while held in a vertical configuration, and is then swung into a generally horizontal configuration at the sea bed.

Assignee:
British National Oil Corp (United Kingdom)
Patent Number(s):
US 4317488
OSTI ID:
5213453
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 15 Feb 1979, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK); Other Information: PAT-APPL-121453
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English