Abstract: A cylindrical drill pipe protector (10) having a skeleton (34,36) with inner (40) and outer (42) layers of rubber bonded to the skeleton.

Abstract: A grout seal for a piling driven through a cylindrical platform leg into submerged strata includes an array of spring members having upper and lower end portions of cylindrical configuration, the lower and upper extremities of the portions, respectively, defining boundaries of inward diversion to form the central portion of the array. A reinforced elastomeric outer cover is provided for the central portion of the array. The array also includes an elastomeric pad mounted within the array and having a cylindrical inner face for contact with the pilings and an outer face conforming with the central portion of the array.

Abstract: In an offshore platform to be erected on hollow legs which receive piles driven down through the legs into the ocean floor, a resilient diaphragm closure for each of said legs to prevent ingress of water as said platform is moved into position. The diaphragm includes a ring of down-facing cutter blades oriented in the upper surface of said diaphragm for registration with a down moving end of the piling to sever the diaphragm and facilitate passage of the end of the piling beyond the location of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A fender system including a supporting frame mounted on a stationary structure by energy-absorbing shock mounting members, and the frame carrying annular bumper members stacked one above the other and sized for rotation about a pipe column, the bumper members each having their respective end surfaces stepped at an annular step in such a way that the stepped surfaces of adjacent bumpers mate and interlock, and the bumper members having multiple relief holes extending in from their end surfaces parallel to the axis of the bumper members and tending to impart a degree of asymmetrical distortion to an impacted bumper member causing it to creep around the pipe column on which it is supported; such rotation being aided by friction reducing means on the surfaces of the bumper members.