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7624582 Cargo evaporation device for use when unloading ships  
A coupling unit device for unloading of a ship, where the coupling unit comprises a hull and is arranged to be connected to the ship by means of a connecting element wherein the coupling unit is...
7603959 Use of prefabricated components in floating structures  
Novel prefabricated structural components such as precast concrete boxes having forms including rectangular parallelepipeds and hexagonal cylinders are disclosed which can be assembled together...
7575397 Floating platform with non-uniformly distributed load and method of construction thereof  
The floating platform of the invention is intended for supporting industrial, commercial, cultural, and dwelling structures and is suitable for deployment in shallow as well as in deep waters, The...
7565877 Spar platform having closed centerwell  
A spar platform for use in the offshore drilling or production of fossil fuels includes a hull having a centerwell. An airtight and watertight barrier traverses the centerwell, forming a variable...
7553106 Method for making a floating offshore drilling/producing structure  
A method for making a deep draft semi-submersible drilling/production vessel having a center of gravity below its center of buoyancy by constructing a plurality of buoyant individual columns. The...
7520237 Hurricane prevention system and method  
The hurricane prevention system and method for use in ocean water is provided including a buoyant platform on which is disposed a wind-driven power source, a water-moving system, and a...
7481176 Transportable flotation system  
A transportable modular flotation system with sections incorporating a decked supporting structure that is buoyed by heavy duty flotation tubes. The sections are coupled together with pre-tensioned...
7478536 Floating hydrocarbon treating plant  
A floating hydrocarbon treating plant containing a vessel having a hull and a deck and having tanks located below the deck for storing hydrocarbons, and a plant for treating hydrocarbons located at...
7438504 Arrangement for anchoring a floating structure  
An arrangement for anchoring a floating structure comprising a mooring boom 120 a, b; 650 a, b pivotally arranged at either end, wherein each mooring boom at its free end has a bushing 124 a,...
7421964 Floating structure in the shape of a concrete cofferdam and a method for moulding the concrete cofferdam  
The present invention relates to a floating structure comprising at least a closed space ( 10 ), a hull in the shape of a concrete cofferdam ( 12 ) having an external delimiting surface intended to...
7413384 Floating offshore drilling/producing structure  
A deep draft semi submersible structure wherein the semi-submersible has a center of gravity below its center of buoyancy and the structure is a floating vessel with at least three vertically...
7377225 Spar-type offshore platform for ice flow conditions  
A spar-type platform includes a hull defining a centerwell extending downward to a keel. The hull includes a reduced diameter neck portion for diverting ice flow. Adjustable ballast tanks allow the...
7357092 Floating combined cycle power plant  
A floating combined cycle power plant includes a plurality of watertight bulkheads placed in a hull, having a structure suitable for being moved at sea, to the height of the freeboard deck; a power...
7337568 Non-inflatable floating sign  
A non-inflatable device for supporting a sign on water. A single float embodiment is the basic element. In a typical embodiment, two or more non-inflatable floats are separated at a predetermined...
7331303 Floating power plant  
A floating power plant includes a hull having a structure suitable for being movable at sea; a plurality of watertight bulkheads placed in the hull to a height of a freeboard deck, thus...
7318387 Water intake riser  
A water intake riser that can be suspended from a vessel having a riser connected to a riser hanger, which riser hanger includes a first tubular element, a second tubular element to which the riser...
7314017 Mechanical flexor drive connector system for modular causeway system  
A flexor connector drive system for mechanical flexors of a modular causeway system includes a linear slide mechanism coupled to a linear drive located within a well on a first section of the...
7308863 Offshore LNG regasification system and method  
A system and method for the offshore transfer of liquefied natural gas from an LNG tanker vessel to a moored or dynamically positioned regasification plant is disclosed. Once the state of the...
7302903 Floating vessel for producing hydrocarbons and method for producing hydrocarbons  
A floating vessel 11 for producing hydrocarbons comprises one or more containers 12 having a chamber 13 formed therein, a structural frame 15 for interconnecting the one or more containers ...
7281881 Column-stabilized platform with water-entrapment plate  
An apparatus for use in offshore oil or gas production in which a plurality of vertical stabilizing columns are supported on a submerged horizontal water entrapment plate is provided to support...
7281483 Emergency ballast system for semi-submersible drilling rigs  
A semi-submersible vessel comprising a plurality of stabilizing columns, a deck disposed between the tops of the columns, at least one void tank in one stabilizing column, at least one active...
7234410 Buoyancy control systems for tubes  
A buoyancy control system for controlling the buoyancy of a tube may includes generally tubular length of buoyancy control material having a selected buoyancy characteristic. The length of buoyancy...
7197999 Spar disconnect system  
A spar-type offshore platform includes a buoyant upper hull structure supporting a deck and having lower end in which is received a buoyant lower mooring module. The upper hull structure is...
7168889 Floating platform having a spoolable tether installed thereon and method for tethering the platform using same  
The present invention discloses a process for installing a floating platform to the ocean floor using a spoolable (preferably composite) tether, comprising installing the spooled tether onto the...
7171282 Shell plating developing method, shell plating manufacturing method, computer program for teaching the methods, and image recording medium for teaching the methods  
The present invention provides a shell plating developing method leading to reduction of the amount of machining and improvement of the efficiency in manufacturing the shell plating. In the shell...
7163061 Apparatus and method for supporting structures on offshore platforms  
An apparatus for supporting a structure on a platform. The platform may be a floating platform. The apparatus comprises a base frame, wherein the base frame has a first bracket and a second bracket...
7156037 Device for a wind power station placed in deep water  
A wind-driven power station mounted floating in deep water, comprising a machine house ( 8 ) including a generator (not s shown), regulating devices (not shown), rotor axle ( 9 ) and rotor blade (...
7140317 Central pontoon semisubmersible floating platform  
A central pontoon semisubmersible floating platform for use in offshore applications has a hull configuration including vertical support columns, a central pontoon structure disposed inboard of the...
7114884 Method and apparatus for increasing floating platform buoyancy  
A floating platform for recovery of oil and gas from offshore oil and gas fields includes a hull having a portion located substantially below the water surface, and including a portion thereof...
7111575 Synthetic fuel plant  
A self-contained, floating, waterway supplied and moveable synthetic fuel plant includes apparatus for receiving components of and for making synthetic fuel of coal and binder for energy consumers....
7104730 Achieving hydrostatic stability of a floating structure  
A floating platform includes a hull and a deck mounted on the uppermost end of the hull. The platform is anchored to the seabed by a plurality of tendons connected to the hull at the upper ends...
7101117 Minimized wave-zone buoyancy platform  
Minimized Wave-zone Buoyancy is a new approach to oil and gas platform design with superior construction and performance characteristics compared to state-of-art off-shore drilling and production...
7101118 Multi hull barge  
Disclosed is a vessel comprising at least two parallel hulls at a predetermined mutual distance. A deck structure is supported on the hulls. Fluid storage tanks are placed in the at least two...
7096958 Compliant buoyancy can guide  
A floating offshore platform, of the type having a buoyancy can disposed within a support structure, includes a can guide assembly that has at least two compliant compression pads that are...
7086809 Minimum floating offshore platform with water entrapment plate and method of installation  
An apparatus for use in offshore oil or gas production in which a plurality of vertical stabilizing columns are supported on a submerged horizontal water entrapment plate is provided to support...
7037044 Deck-to-column connection for extendable draft platform  
An extendable draft platform, having a deck and buoyancy columns installed in leg wells in the deck for vertical movement from a raised position to a submerged position, includes a connection...
7036449 Man-made island resort complex with surface and underwater entertainment, educational and lodging facilities  
A self-sufficient man-made island complex having a plurality of interconnected islands housing a theme resort simulating a tropical paradise in which the guests have a multitude of activities in...
7033115 Temporary floatation stabilization device and method  
A temporary stability module and method for marine structures during construction, transportation and installation is taught. The device and method permit the structure, including platforms, deck...
7013824 Keel joint centralizer  
A riser centralizer for transferring lateral loads from the riser to a platform hull includes a keel centralizer mounted on a keel joint. The keel centralizer is received within a keel guide sleeve...
7007624 Transportable and configurable camel and ship separator system  
A camel and ship separator support system uses a pontoon having length and width dimensions being commensurate with that of a standard ISO shipping container. A plurality of recesses span the...
6994048 Floating low density concrete barrier  
A barrier for small boats has a plurality of flotation modules on lines extending across a waterway. The flotation modules are cast from a buoyant concrete mixture of cement, water, beaded forms of...
6968797 Method for installing a self-floating deck structure onto a buoyant substructure  
This invention provides a method for installing a self-floating deck structure with at least one recessed cavity on the bottom of the self-floating deck structure onto a buoyant substructure. The...
6953308 Offshore platform stabilizing strakes  
An elongated, annular hull of a floating offshore platform includes one or more segmented, helical strakes disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the hull to reduce vortex-induced vibrations...
6945737 Single column extendable draft offshore platform  
An extendable draft offshore oil and gas drilling and production platform (“EDP”) includes a buoyant deck having a central opening, an adjustably buoyant pontoon, and a single, adjustably...
6945736 Offshore platform for drilling after or production of hydrocarbons  
Platform for drilling after or production of hydrocarbons at sea, consisting of a semi-submersible platform body which supports drilling and/or production equipment on its upper surface. The...
6942427 Column-stabilized floating structure with telescopic keel tank for offshore applications and method of installation  
A floating offshore fluid storage caisson platform has a large diameter vertically oriented buoyant column or caisson, or multiple caissons, defining a storage chamber, and a telescopic keel tank...
6938571 Floating structure having anchor lines comprising damping means  
A floating structure ( 1 ), such as a mooring buoy, moored to the seabed ( 2 ) via anchor lines ( 3,4 ) that comprise an anchor line section ( 9,10 ) which is stretchable in its length direction,...
6932326 Method for lifting and transporting a heavy load using a fly-jib  
The invention is a method for lifting and transporting a heavy load by using a heavy lift vessel with at least two heavy lift cranes adapted to operate simultaneously; mounting fly-jibs on the...
6899492 Jacket frame floating structures with buoyancy capsules  
Jacket frame floating structures comprise one or more elongate vertical support columns formed of an open cross-braced jacket formwork of tubular members interconnected together and at least one...
6899049 Apparatus and method of constructing offshore platforms  
A deep-water floating offshore platform includes a buoyant hull having a substantially flat top, and substantially flat bottom, and a plurality of substantially flat sides. The hull further...
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