Abstract: An apparatus for providing a mooring anchorage, and a method of drilling and installing a pile in ground comprising the steps of:
providing a pile,
providing a drill bit at an end of the pile rotatable relative to the pile,
engaging the ground with the drill bit, and
rotating the drill bit relative to the ground and the pile generating a hole into which the pile is received.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2002
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2003
Assignee:
Liberty Offshore, Ltd.
Inventors:
Philip Anton Strong, Duncan Cuthill, Martin Leon Kobiela
Abstract: A method of drilling and installing a pile in ground comprising the steps of
providing a pile,
providing a drill bit at an end of the pile rotatable relative to the pile;
engaging the ground with the drill bit, and
rotating the drill bit relative to the ground and the pile generating a hole into which the pile is received.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2002
Assignee:
Liberty Offshore, Ltd.
Inventors:
Philip Anton Strong, Duncan Cuthill, Martin Leon Kobiela