Patent ID: 6340273
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: E02B

Abstract:
A support structure for use in supporting a structure for drilling and/or production operations, one end positioned above a body of water and another end below said body of water on a seabed, comprising:a base having at least four cylindrical base legs engageably positioned in a polygonal pattern on a seabed and a base frame connected to said cylindrical base legs, wherein said cylindrical base legs are adapted to be subsurface; a jacket having three jacket legs, wherein said jacket legs are interconnected to said base and said jacket legs are adapted to originate below the surface of the water and terminate above the surface of the water; and a support means for supporting the structure, said support means includes a portion of said first, second, and third jacket legs positioned above the surface of the water; wherein there is a structure for drilling and/or production operations which has a plurality of well conductors and wherein: said jacket has at least two of said jacket legs battered, with each of said legs being at an apex of a triangle when said jacket is viewed in plan.