Patent ID: 8444348

Claim:
A modular offshore platform system comprising: a first platform portion configured to be individually transported to an offshore location, the first platform portion having a first interior surface, a first inclined face configured to be partially submerged in water at the offshore location, and a second inclined face; a second partially submerged platform portion attached to the first platform portion, wherein the second platform portion is configured to be individually transported to the offshore location and assembled with the first platform portion at the offshore location, wherein the second platform portion includes a second interior surface, a first inclined face configured to be partially submerged in the water, and a second inclined face, and wherein when the first platform portion is attached to the second platform portion the first interior surface is connected to the second interior surface and the first and second inclined faces of the first and second platforms form at least a portion of an outer wall extending peripherally around the platform system that is configured to at least partially deflect water and/or ice; and a plurality of anchor pile sleeves configured to receive corresponding anchor piles extending at least partially through the first and second platform portions, wherein the anchor pile sleeves are coupled to the first and second platform portions, the anchor piles separate a bottom surface of the first and the second platform portions from a seafloor, and the anchor piles are configured to be coupled to the seafloor at the offshore location.