Patent ID: 9493217
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B63B,E21B

Claim Text:
1. A floating offshore facility for offshore hydrocarbon production, wherein the offshore facility comprises: an upper deck and a lower deck, a well bay located on the lower deck, said well bay being composed of a plurality of drilling slots and a plurality of production slots surrounding said drilling slots, each production slot being adapted to receive a production riser after a well is completed at a drilling slot neighbour of said production slot, the plurality of drilling slots forming one opening inside the lower deck, a cart located between the upper and lower deck, said cart supporting a drilling riser and being movable together with said drilling riser inside said one opening of the plurality of the drilling slots, and a drilling rig located above the upper deck, said drilling rig being movable above the well bay so as to be positioned in alignment above the cart to allow to drill the well in using the drilling riser inside the drilling slot.