Patents Assigned to Technip Offshore, Inc.
  • Internal beam buoyancy system for offshore platforms
    Patent number: 7096957
    Abstract: A buoyancy system to buoy a riser of an offshore oil platform includes buoyancy compartments coupled around an elongated internal beam. The internal beam can withstand loads between the oil platform and the buoyancy system, while the buoyancy compartments provide buoyancy. The internal beam includes an elongated stem, a plurality of webs extending radially outwardly from the stem, and a plurality of transverse flanges attached to the outer edges of the webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Technip Offshore, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall W. Nish, Daniel C. Kennedy, II, Randy A. Jones
  • Riser buoyancy system
    Patent number: 6896062
    Abstract: A frame and system for adding buoyancy to a riser used in connection with floating platforms is provided which, in some example embodiments, includes a stem attached to multiple supports which include flanges arranged to take impact and abrasion loads off an internal buoyancy module. An air management system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Technip Offshore, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lloyd Davies, Lyle D. Finn, Metin Karayaka