Abstract: An offshore structure includes an original structure and an extension structure. The original structure includes a main platform supported via a foundation on a seabed. The extension structure includes a platform extension positioned laterally of the main platform and a platform extension support, depending downwardly from the platform extension, into contact with the foundation, so as to support the extension structure directly on the foundation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Britannia Limited
Inventors:
David Leonard Hall, Gary Dean, Duncan Knight, Anthony Clark, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Paul Oliver, Bruce John Munro, Lindsay McKay, Alan Rodger, Eric Reid, Donald Macleod
Abstract: An offshore structure comprises: an original structure comprising a main platform supported via a foundation on a seabed; and an extension structure comprising a platform extension positioned laterally of the main platform and a platform extension support, depending downwardly from the platform extension, into contact with the foundation, so as to support the extension structure directly on the foundation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2018
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS (U.K.) BRITANNIA LIMITED
Inventors:
David Leonard Hall, Gary Dean, Duncan Knight, Anthony Clark, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Paul Oliver, Bruce John Munro, Lindsay Mckay, Alan Rodger, Eric Reid, Donald Macleod