US20150110564A1 - Offshore structures and associated apparatus and methods - Google Patents

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US20150110564A1
US20150110564A1 US14/388,388 US201314388388A US2015110564A1 US 20150110564 A1 US20150110564 A1 US 20150110564A1 US 201314388388 A US201314388388 A US 201314388388A US 2015110564 A1 US2015110564 A1 US 2015110564A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/0017—Means for protecting offshore constructions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/02—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor placed by lowering the supporting construction to the bottom, e.g. with subsequent fixing thereto
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/04—Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative to the supporting construction
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D11/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for both placing and removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, or mould-pipes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D13/00—Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads, e.g. noise attenuating chambers
    • E02D13/005—Sound absorbing accessories in piling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D13/00—Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads, e.g. noise attenuating chambers
    • E02D13/04—Guide devices; Guide frames
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/24—Guiding or centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes

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  • transporting piles, and/or other such offshore equipment, to and from offshore sites can also be expensive due to the need to store a significant amount of equipment on a vessel (e.g. on the deck of a vessel). Any reduction in the space requirements of such equipment can help reduce costs.
  • the guide portion may comprise an acoustic dampening structure (e.g. material).
  • the dampening structure may be provided on an inner and/or outer surface of the guide portion.
  • the dampening structure may be provided at least on an inner surface thereof.
  • the apparatus may comprise dampening material configured to provide a difference in acoustic impedance between the inner annulus of the guide portion, and surrounding water (e.g. without the use a pump/seal).
  • the guide portion may comprise two or more segmented portions (e.g. circumferentially segmented), at least one of which may be movable so as to open and close around a pile.
  • the apparatus may comprise three segmented portions.
  • the method may comprise moving the guide portion between one or more of the guide sockets.
  • the method may comprise raising and lowering of the apparatus/guide portion.
  • the method may comprise raising the guide portion, and moving the guide portion to be positioned above a further guide socket, and then lowering the guide portion.
  • the method may comprise positioned the guide portion above a further guide socket when at least a portion of the guide portion in above water level.
  • the method may comprise inflating a plurality of bladders, which may be spaced both circumferentially and/or lengthwise along the inside of the guide portion.
  • the method may comprise any of the features of any of the above referred-to aspects.
  • FIG. 12 shows an exemplary cross-section of a segment of the apparatus of FIG. 10 , which is openable and closable;
  • the seal 170 can be unsealed (e.g. deflated).
  • the guide portion 110 can be removed before or after the seal 170 has been deactivated. If the gap 600 is allowed to fill with water, then this may assist with removing (e.g. lifting) the guide portion 110 from a secured pile 200 .
  • FIGS. 4 a and 4 b shows a cross section of an example of a further exemplary seal 270 in operation, which by way of example is shown with a pump 160 and is shown at a lower region of the guide portion 110 .
  • the pile 200 has been positioned provisionally on the water floor 300 (e.g. seabed).
  • the guide portion 110 has been located with a first socket 125 .
  • the guide portion has a locator 175 , which can be provided as a lip or collar, in order to locate the guide portion 110 with the socket 125 .
  • the guide portion 110 comprises a constriction 700 , which in this example in an annular constriction.
  • the guide portion 110 may be raised and associated with a further guide socket, by moving the guide portion 100 between the sockets 125 , so as to allow for positioning of two or more offshore piles 200 , as exemplified in FIG. 5 .
  • the guide portion 1100 is configured with the plurality of bladders 2000 , which are spaced both circumferentially as well as lengthwise along the inside of the guide portion 1100 .
  • the bladders 2000 additionally comprise an outer sleeve 2100 , which has an interface surface 2150 to allow reduced friction contact with a pile 200 .
  • the interface surface 2150 comprises a bristles, or the like (not shown).
  • each, some, or all of the bladders are operable independently, or at least in groups.
  • the volume of each, some or all of the bladders may be controllable. This may assist with locating and centralising of a pile position with the guide portion.
  • the guide apparatus 100 , 1000 may comprise one or more guide portions 110 , 1100 without the use of a piling template 120 , 1200 , per se.
  • Such guide portions, or sleeves may be used in isolation (e.g. manoeuvred and surrounding a monopile, or the like), or may be used in conjunction with further apparatus.
  • the piling template may be used without the use of a guide portion. Such embodiments will be evident given the above detailed description.
  • the dampening structure is described as being inflatable, it will readily be appreciated that in some examples the pockets, or the like, may be permanently gas filled (e.g. closed-cell foam, or the like).
  • each dampening segment 3010 is configured to surround (e.g. fully surround) a pile, or the like (not shown for clarity).
  • the apparatus 3000 is configured such that multiple dampening segments 3010 are attached so as to provide an effective height, H, of the apparatus 3000 .
  • each segment 3010 is 5 metres in height and so, when attached (e.g. bonded together) at a segment joint 3020 , the effective height, H, of the apparatus 3000 can be considered to be 10 meters.
  • the segments may be of a different height (e.g. 1 metre, 2 metres, etc.).
  • each dampening segment 3010 can be inflated and deployed around a pile (e.g. open and closed) depending on the desired depth.
  • the pressure of each dampening segment 3010 may be provided independent of other segments 3010 .
  • the segments 3010 may be configured to be pressurised to roughly 0.6 bar above ambient pressure for the intended depth of that segment.
  • the some or all of the dampening segments 3010 may comprise relief values 3200 , as shown in FIG. 18 , configured release pressure above a particular threshold (e.g. 0.75 bar above ambient).
  • the segments may be inflated around a pile so as to abut against and grip the pile, to allow the weight (or lack of buoyancy) or the pile to assist with lowering to a seabed, or the like.
  • the guide portion additionally comprises outer dampening material to assist further with the attenuation of acoustic emissions.
  • the above apparatus may be used for securing piles, or other apparatus that are not piles, as such, but nevertheless are secured to a seabed or the like using a hammer, or other such device that would cause unwanted acoustic emissions.
  • a hammer or other such device that would cause unwanted acoustic emissions.

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