Abstract: An apparatus for soil testing for a jack-up rig, the apparatus comprising a soil testing device integrated with a leg of the jack-up rig, the leg of the jack-up rig having a footing, an opening in the footing for allowing passage of an active portion of the soil testing device therethrough to obtain soil data from a seabed beneath the footing, and a retrieval assembly for retrieving the soil testing device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2008
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2012
Assignees:
Keppel Offshore & Marie Technology Centre Pte Ltd, A.P. van den Berg Holding bv
Inventors:
Kok Seng Foo, Chin Kau Quah, Okky Ahmad Purwana, Lodewijk Keizer, Mark Felton Randolph, Mark Jason Cassidy
Abstract: An apparatus for soil testing for a jack-up rig, the apparatus comprising a soil testing device integrated with a leg of the jack-up rig, the leg of the jack-up rig having a footing, an opening in the footing for allowing passage of an active portion of the soil testing device therethrough to obtain soil data from a seabed beneath the footing, and a retrieval assembly for retrieving the soil testing device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 2, 2008
Publication date:
March 4, 2010
Applicants:
KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE PTE LTD, A.P. VAN DEN BERG HOLDING BV
Inventors:
Kok Seng FOO, Chin Kau QUAH, Okky Ahmad PURWANA, Lodewijk KEIZER, Mark Felton RANDOLPH, Mark Jason CASSIDY