Patent SG-11201807601P-A (SG)
Title: A seabed supported unit and method to provide a shallow water drilling terminal
Inventor: KJERSEM GEIR LASSE
IPC: E02B17/00
Filed: 2017-05-25
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 30 November 2017 (30.11.2017) WIPO I PCT iii 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/204749 Al (51) International Patent Classification: E02B 17/00 (2006.01) B63B 35/44 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/SG2017/050270 (22) International Filing Date: 25 May 2017 (25.05.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 20160906 26 May 2016 (26.05.2016) NO (71) Applicant: SEMBCORP MARINE INTEGRATED YARD PTE. LTD. [SG/SG]; 29 Tanjong Kling Road, Sin- gapore 628054 (SG). (72) Inventors: KJERSEM, Geir Lasse; Valleiva 124, 5155 Bones (NO). VARTDAL, Harald; Bryggeveien 48C, 3470 Slemmestad (NO). LIM, Kwang Heng; c/o Sembcorp Ma- rine Integrated Yard Pte Ltd., 29 Tanjong Kling Road, Singapore 628054 (SG). ONG, Yee Chin, Mary; #13-10, Blk 272C, Jurong West Street 24, Singapore 643272 (SG). KHOO, Seng Yau; c/o Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard Pte Ltd., 29 Tanjong Kling Road, Singapore 628054 (SG). (74) Agent: AMICA LAW LLC; 30 Raffles Place, #14-01 Chevron House, Singapore 048622 (SG). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, (54) Title: A SEABED SUPPORTED UNIT AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A SHALLOW WATER DRILLING TERMINAL 13 30 I2 1-63. (57) : Various embodiments relate to a method and a seabed supported base structure for providing a shallow water drilling terminal, where a prefabricated floating seabed substructure is towed to site, ballasted to rest on the seabed and/or piled to the seabed forming a seabed foundation. The seabed supported base structure is provided with at least one cantilevered unit with openings for drilling of wells, projecting sideways out from the exterior side of a vertical wall, terminated above sea level. A prefabricated floating drilling module provided with an outrigger with sidewise movable drilling device is towed to the site, guided into the seabed substructure through an opening in the wall structure at the periphery of the base structure, ballasted and mated onto the base structure, whereupon wells are drilled from a drilling gear. Upon completed drilling and operation of the wells, the drilling unit is removed and substituted by a production unit. [Continued on next page] WO 2017/204749 Al 1#110H111111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111101111111111111111111 MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))