Protective riser-conductor for offshore structures

Patent · Tue Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6415136

Rutherford, D A; Albers, G P

A protective sleeve for fitting about the periphery of the leg of an offshore structure. The sleeve comprises means for carrying and enclosing a plurality of conductors. It further includes one or more inner rings; an outer jacket is fixedly spaced from the rings to define longitudinal passages within which the respective conductors are fixedly positioned. The sleeve is capable of deflecting packed ice and floating objects which represent possible sources of damage to the structure or to conductors.

• Assignee: Texaco Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4527928
• OSTI ID: 6415136
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 15 Jul 1983; Other Information: PAT-APPL-514077
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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