Patents by Inventor Hengyi Zeng

Hengyi Zeng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8733266
    Abstract: An integrative deep draft floating production platform with unconditional stability and an offshore installation method thereof are disclosed. The platform comprises an ring ballast tank at the bottom, some columns with small cross sections, an ring buoyancy tank at the middle part, some columns with large cross sections, and an upper drilling equipment and oil gas processing module. The ballast tank adopts a permanently fixed ballast, and the tank is internally filled with weights to ensure that the center of buoyancy of the platform is higher than the center of gravity. The drilling equipment and oil gas processing module is installed in the construction site, and the platform is transported to the installation site by a dry tow or wet tow as a whole and then is installed. The platform can be applied to deepwater oil and gas exploitation under harsh marine environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China National Offshore Oil Corporation Research Institute
    Inventors: Bin Xie, Wenhui Xie, Hengyi Zeng, Wei Zhang, Junrong Wang, Zhe Jiang
  • Publication number: 20130092069
    Abstract: An integrative deep draft floating production platform with unconditional stability and an offshore installation method thereof are disclosed. The platform comprises an ring ballast tank (1) at the bottom, some columns with small cross sections (2), an ring buoyancy tank (3) at the middle part, some columns with large cross sections (4), and an upper drilling rig and oil gas processing module (5). The ballast tank adopts a permanently fixed ballast, and the tank is internally filled with weights to ensure that the center of buoyancy of the platform is higher than the center of gravity. The columns with large and small cross sections are uniformly arranged on the buoyancy tank and the ballast tank respectively, and the lower parts thereof are respectively integrated with the buoyancy tank and the ballast tank. Each column with a large cross section is provided with a central pore canal (7) axially, a lower part in the central pore canal is provided with a chopping board connection structure (8) with a groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bin Xie, Wenhui Xie, Hengyi Zeng, Wei Zhang, Junrong Wang, Zhe Jiang