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7677838 |
Motion reduction apparatus and floating body therewith
A motion reduction apparatus has an orthorhombic shaped floating main body ( 11 ), a plumb plate supported vertically on one side section of the floating main body by stay members ( 13 ), and flow...
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7635237 |
Retrievable surface installed cathodic protection for marine structures
An anode column for protecting a marine structure from corrosion includes: (a) an elongated guide having upper and lower ends, and adapted to be physically supported in an upright position in a...
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7628569 |
Covering element for protecting structures against scouring and drag force
Sheath ( 20, 21 ) with specially designed artificial rugosity ( 18, 19 ), to be put on structures and objects ( 10 ) submerged in a flow ( 12 ) and leaning on a scourable bottom, such as piers and...
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7617792 |
Bumper assembly for posts and pilings
A bumper assembly for attachment to a post has a hollow bumper member with an internal bore that fits over a post and allows the bumper member to rotate. A protective liner is provided between the...
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7604435 |
Umbilical without lay up angle
Umbilical device, where the device has a longitudinal axis (x), and includes at least one elongated electrical cable or tube element; and an elongated load bearing component along the longitudinal...
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7600945 |
Vacuum formed cladding
A cladding section for mounting upon an elongate member and suppressing vortex induced vibration of it, the cladding section being formed of plastics sheet shaped to define two or more parallel,...
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7578038 |
Apparatus and methods for remote installation of devices for reducing drag and vortex induced vibration
Apparatus and methods for remotely installing vortex-induced vibration (VIV) reduction and drag reduction devices on elongated structures in flowing fluid environments. The apparatus is a tool for...
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7568861 |
Bend stiffener
A bend stiffener to surround an end portion of an elongated, essentially cylindrical object, e.g. a flexible pipe or a cable, extending from a subsea installation to a surface vessel, and is...
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7563496 |
Composite pipe
A sleeved composite pipe or piling structure formed of an elongated polyethylene pipe or tube of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or another polyethylene material installed over a substantially...
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7559723 |
Hull-to-caisson interface connection assembly for spar platform
A hull-to-caisson interface connection assembly accommodates high tension loads between the hull and a caisson of a Spar-type platform, while facilitating angular flexing motion and constraining...
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7547159 |
Cradle boat lift storm protection system
An add-on structure for cradle boat lifts incorporating a piling brace that, when hurricane winds threaten, provides for the interconnection of the pilings to the cradle of a cradle boat lift. One...
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7537416 |
Riser support system for use with an offshore platform
A riser support system for use in a body of water comprises a buoyant and ballastable support structure and a plurality of substantially vertical and rigid risers each of which is attached to the...
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7476056 |
Sound attenuating sleeve for use on a piling
Disclosed are a sound attenuation sleeve for use on a piling during underwater construction and a method of using such a sleeve for attenuating underwater transmission of sound and/or shock waves...
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7467912 |
Extendable draft platform with buoyancy column strakes
In an Extendable Draft Platform including a deck, a plurality of buoyancy columns installed in column wells in the deck for movement from a raised position to a submerged position, and a heave...
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7458752 |
Suppression element for vortex-induced vibrations
A suppression element ( 1 ) for vortex vibrations, comprising an envelope ( 2 ) for t least partly enveloping a tubular element ( 100 ); at least one projection ( 3 ) pointing away from the...
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7431535 |
Clamp for anchoring production tube, electrohydraulic hose and electric cable simultaneously
A clamp is disclosed for use in deep sea oil exploration operations. The clamp includes a pre-formed metallic belt ( 12 ) to which a first rigid metallic curve ( 13 ) is welded. The rigid metallic...
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7421966 |
Device for protecting dock anchor posts from ice damage
A system for protecting a dock from ice damage. The system includes a circumferentially fluted, water-impermeable housing capable of longitudinal and radial expansion and contraction. The housing...
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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...
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7402001 |
Seafloor-surface coupling device
The present invention relates to a bottom-to-surface connection device comprising at least one undersea pipe or riser ( 1, 1 a - 1 b ) capable of including a single float ( 2, 2 1 - 2 7 ), said...
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7399142 |
Interactive leg guide for offshore self-elevating unit
A leg guide for use in a leg of a jack up unit adapted to provide sliding guidance of the leg during vertical movement of the leg. The leg guide has a first portion contacting an edge of a leg...
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7396189 |
Cubic marine impact-absorbing structure
A sacrificial impact-absorbing and energy-dissipating structure for protecting marine facilities from the destructive force of an accidental impact by a marine vessel is constructed from a...
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7393157 |
Timber pile protection apparatus and method
A timber pile protection apparatus includes a sleeve that has an open first end, an open second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The sleeve is positioned on...
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7387469 |
Bend stiffener
A bend stiffener 2 is disclosed for preventing excessive bending of an elongate member, e.g. a marine riser, in a region where it enters a tube, e.g. an “l” or “J” tube mounted on a...
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7380513 |
Fairing for reducing watercurrent-induced stresses on a marine riser
The invention relates to a rotatable fairing ( 1 ) for a marine riser ( 2 ) or other slender marine structure. The fairing ( 1 ) is arranged on the riser for reducing watercurrent-induced stresses...
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7334966 |
Reinforcement of tubular structures
A tubular structure is reinforced or reinstated by providing a reinforcing layer in its interior in spaced relation to the existing structure so that a cavity is formed. Plastics or polymer...
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7316525 |
Vortex induced vibration optimizing system
There is disclosed a system comprising a structure, a vortex induced vibration monitoring system, adapted to monitor a vortex induced vibration level of the structure, a tensioner connected to the...
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7300229 |
Repair jacket for pilings and method
Repair jacket is adapted for repairing or reinforcing elongate structures such as pilings, especially in marine environments. Jacket includes a cylindrical body of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP)...
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7150241 |
Device for protecting dock anchor posts from ice damage
A system for protecting a dock from ice damage. The system includes a circumferentially fluted, water-impermeable housing capable of longitudinal and radial expansion and contraction. The housing...
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7138038 |
Expandable anode pod
The present invention 10 discloses a collapsible pod for providing cathodic protection to a preferred structure 12. The present invention 10 has a top frame 20 and a bottom frame 22 with...
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7121767 |
Rugged foam buoyancy modules and method of manufacture
A buoyancy module comprises a multi-layer outer protective shell that has an exterior surface and an interior surface. A first layer of foam buoyancy material is located adjacent to the interior...
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7108457 |
System and method for reducing drag and vortex induced vibration in marine applications
A marine riser that includes active boundary-layer control (“BLC”) for reducing hydrodynamic drag and vortex-induced-vibration (“VIV”) caused by currents. The marine riser includes at least...
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7097387 |
Engineered material buoyancy system and device
There is provided a buoyancy system for a structure having at least one component being substantially stationary with respect to the bottom of a water covered area. The system comprises a set of...
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7074305 |
Pipeline support
The present invention is directed at a pipeline support for reducing corrosion on a pipeline surface comprising support fill material, a case for housing the support fill material; wherein when a...
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7070361 |
Apparatus and methods for providing VIV suppression to a riser system comprising umbilical elements
Apparatus for suppressing vortex induced vibrations on a marine element of a riser system wherein the riser system comprises at least one umbilical element. Systems comprising and methods of using...
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7070360 |
Apparatus and method
The invention provides a protective structure for a subsea installation. The protective structure comprises first and second body portions and a hinge member. The body portions are pivotally...
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7044076 |
Pontoon for protection barrier system
A pontoon provides buoyancy for a protection barrier to be provided in a body of water. The pontoon includes a metal structural member; a urethane inner shell that encases a portion of the metal...
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7017666 |
Smooth sleeves for drag and VIV reduction of cylindrical structures
A method for controlling drag and vortex induced vibration in a substantially cylindrical element by providing an ultra-smooth surface about the cylindrical element. The system for controlling drag...
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6994492 |
Methods for remote installation of devices for reducing drag and vortex induced vibration
Methods for remotely installing vortex-induced vibration (VIV) reduction and drag reduction devices on elongated structures in flowing fluid environments. The devices installed can include...
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6960047 |
Protection barrier apparatus
A protection apparatus protects a harbor or an area in a body of water or adjacent to a body of water. The protection apparatus floats on the body of water, and includes a plurality of barrier...
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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...
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6948884 |
Vortex-induced vibration reduction device for fluid immersed cylinders
A mechanism to be applied to an exterior surface of a cylindrical structure for the reduction of the effect of Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) in the cylindrical structure when immersed in flowing...
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6922886 |
APT-1 (anode placement tool-model 1)
An apparatus designed for installing anode bracelets upon pipes used in cathodic protection systems. The apparatus includes a pair of grasp booms which hold the anode bracelet during installation...
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6896447 |
Vortex induced vibration suppression device and method
A vortex induced vibration suppressor and method is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body that is a flexible member of a polymeric (e.g., polyurethane) construction. A plurality of helical vanes...
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6886487 |
Thruster apparatus and method for reducing fluid-induced motions of and stresses within an offshore platform
Thrusters in communication with a feedback control system are provided on a cylindrical offshore marine member, such as a spar, for reducing and/or controlling vortex-induced-vibrations,...
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6872030 |
Wood support piling with composite wrappings and method for reinforcing the same
A wood support piling is reinforced by a composite wrapping. The composite wrapping is formed on the wood piling by a filament winding process. Filament strands are impregnated with resin and...
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6851892 |
Marine impact-absorbing structure
A sacrificial impact-absorbing and energy-dissipating structure for protecting marine facilities from the destructive force of an accidental impact by a marine vessel is constructed from a...
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6848863 |
Engineered material buoyancy system and device
There is provided a buoyancy system for a structure having at least one component being substantially stationary with respect to the bottom of a water covered area. The system comprises a set of...
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6821055 |
Marine buoyancy modules and units
A cylindrical buoyancy unit is composed of separate sections which are held together to surround a marine object such as a riser or pipe with additional conduits. The sections combine to define an...
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6773206 |
Support pile repair jacket form
A plastic jacket that is used for repairing underwater or on ground support piles that have corroded by the wave action at the water line, by a tidal zone or natural salty air corrosion,...
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6767166 |
Motion reduced floating structure
A motion reduced floating structure includes a main hull structure and a wave damping structure connected with the main hull structure. The wave damping structure may include a back board, a lower...
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