Jackdown tension leg platform
Patent
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OSTI ID:5239285
An operations facility useful over an underwater site is described which consists of: a positively buoyant, fully submersible hull structure; a plurality of connectors each disposed on the hull for movement vertically relative to the hull, each connector including means at its lower end for connecting the connector to an anchor disposed at the site; and means coupled between the hull and the connectors at the hull for moving each connector to attach the lower end with the anchor and thereafter for moving the hull downwardly along the connected connectors to submerge the hull to a desired depth wholly below the water surface and to tension the connectors.
- Assignee:
- Global Marine Inc., Houston, TX
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4604001
- OSTI ID:
- 5239285
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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