Patents Assigned to FUTURE PRODUCTION
  • Patent number: 11685637
    Abstract: A crane system is for a cantilever belonging to a jack-up rig. The crane system has a crane with a suspension member, the suspension member being arranged over the crane. A skid beam is attached to a lower portion of the cantilever, the skid beam being displaceably connected to a plurality of slides arranged on the jack-up rig, the crane hanging on the skid beam. A method is for using the crane system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUTURE PRODUCTION AS
    Inventor: Øystein Christensen
  • Patent number: 11466533
    Abstract: A connection device has a first connection body and a second connection body movable with respect to the first connection body. The connection device is configured for connecting a plurality of control lines terminating in connectors forming part of the first connection body, to corresponding control lines terminating in connectors forming part of the second connection body. The connection device is provided with a first alignment means for rough alignment of the connection bodies. The connection device further has a second alignment means for aligning the rigid holding means of one of the bodies with respect to the connectors of the other one of the bodies, at least one of the rigid holding means movable in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first alignment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUTURE PRODUCTION AS
    Inventors: Øystein Christensen, Edvin Andersen
  • Publication number: 20220098950
    Abstract: A connection device has a first connection body and a second connection body movable with respect to the first connection body. The connection device is configured for connecting a plurality of control lines terminating in connectors forming part of the first connection body, to corresponding control lines terminating in connectors forming part of the second connection body. The connection device is provided with a first alignment means for rough alignment of the connection bodies. The connection device further has a second alignment means for aligning the rigid holding means of one of the bodies with respect to the connectors of the other one of the bodies, at least one of the rigid holding means movable in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first alignment means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: FUTURE PRODUCTION AS
    Inventors: Øystein Christensen, Edvin Andersen
  • Publication number: 20200247648
    Abstract: A crane system is for a cantilever belonging to a jack-up rig. The crane system has a crane with a suspension member, the suspension member being arranged over the crane. A skid beam is attached to a lower portion of the cantilever, the skid beam being displaceably connected to a plurality of slides arranged on the jack-up rig, the crane hanging on the skid beam. A method is for using the crane system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: FUTURE PRODUCTION AS
    Inventor: Øystein Christensen
  • Publication number: 20120318517
    Abstract: A connector device for kill- and choke lines between a riser and a floating drilling platform includes a slip joint on top of the riser including an outer barrel, a kill- and choke manifold arranged on the platform and provided with flexible kill- and choke hoses to the slip joint's outer barrel, and wherein the slip joint's outer barrel is provided with a horizontally directed kill- and choke-manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: FUTURE PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Øystein Christensen, Atle Korsmo