Patent ID: 6276875
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B63B,E02B

Abstract:
A method for removal of a jacket for an offshore platform, the method comprising the steps of:rotating an oblong ballastable transporter by ballasting from a first position where a longitudinal underside of the transporter is lying substantially horizontally in water to a second position where the underside is located beside an outer side of the jacket;attaching a sliding saddle provided on the transporter directly to the jacket, the sliding saddle being movable in a longitudinal direction of the transporter;releasing the jacket from a seabed;rotating the transporter with the jacket by ballasting to the first position where the underside of the transporter and the jacket are located in a substantially horizontal position in the water;moving the transporter to a receiver for the jacket; andmoving the sliding saddle with the jacket from the transporter to the receiver.