Tension leg platform with improved hydrodynamic performance
A tension leg platform, horizontal technology, applied in the direction of fluid dynamics/hydrostatics characteristics, motor vehicles, floating buildings, etc., can solve high-risk, expensive and other problems
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[0032] US Patent No. 7,140,317, issued November 28, 2006 to Wybro et al., entitled "Central Pontoon Semisubmersible Floating Platform," is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
[0033] image 3 and Figure 4 A tension leg platform 10 for offshore applications such as offshore oil and gas drilling and production is shown according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The platform 10 has a hull 11 comprising a vertical support column 12 and a central pontoon structure 14 arranged inside the column at its lower end. The TLP 10 includes a deck structure 13 supported by the upper ends of columns 12 .
[0034] The interior of both the column 12 and the buoy structure 14 are preferably separated by a structural bulkhead (not shown) to strengthen the structure to provide an enclosed space for locating and storing various equipment (e.g., anchors, chains, propulsion mechanisms, etc.) , and in order to provide a plurality of individual tanks for ballasting...
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