Abstract: The present invention provides a moisture reduction roller conveyor system (100, 200, 301) and method comprising a continuous carry belt (105, 205, 308) to carry a bulk material and an oscillatory motion assembly (110, 210, 320) operatively connected and configured to induce oscillatory motion of the belt that is transmitted to the bulk material. The oscillatory motion assembly (110) is operatively connected to the frame to induce the oscillatory motion. Alternatively, the oscillatory motion assembly has idler rollers (210a, 210b, 210c) that are offset or eccentric to one another to induce the oscillatory motion. A different oscillatory motion assembly comprises a carriage body (325) for supporting the belt (308) and wheels (340, 345) for engaging a rail track (302). The wheels (340, 345) are configured to induce the oscillatory motion, preferably by periodically lifting one end (360) of the carriage body from the rail track as the carriage moves.

Abstract: A method of grouting an offshore structure such as the leg of an offshore platform having an outer tubular jacket and an inner tubular piling wherein grout is deposited in the annulus therebetween. The method includes introducing a tube downwardly through the annular space until the lower end of the tube is proximate the bottom of the annular space. Thereafter grout is circulated down the tubing and up the annulus to thereby displace water from the annulus and fill the same with a column of grout. Preferably, the tube is removed from the annulus before the grout hardens.In certain instances, it may be required to form a plug in the bottom of the annulus to establish circulation through the tube, up the annulus, and out at the top.In order to form such a plug, a quantity of plug forming material, such as a liquid epoxy resin composition or a quick-setting cement slurry is circulated down the tube to the bottom of the annular space and there deposited.