Title:
OCEAN FLOOR DEEP-SEA SUBMERGED DECK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/120701
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system (20) for drilling a deep-sea borehole (20) in a seabed (30) is provided. The system includes a drill string (40) having a plurality of strands adapted to be reversibly connected together to assemble the drill string and reversibly disconnected from one another to disassemble the drill string. The system further includes a submerged drilling deck (50) anchored on the seabed, the deck adapted to reversibly connect the strands (40a, 40b) together and to reversibly disconnect the strands from one another. Methods of disassembling and assembling the drill string are also rovided.
Inventors:
SHNELL JAMES H (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/030782
Publication Date:
February 24, 2011
Filing Date:
April 12, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHNELL JAMES H (US)
International Classes:
E21B19/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2007108698A1 | 2007-09-27 | |||
| WO2004018826A1 | 2004-03-04 | |||
| WO2007004887A1 | 2007-01-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DELANEY, Karoline, A. (Martens Olson & Bear, LLP,2040 Main Street, 14th Floo, Irvine CA, US)
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