Offshore drilling installation and method for offshore drilling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9388649
APP PUB NO 20150315860A1
SERIAL NO

14554867

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Offshore drilling installation comprising a platform selected from the group comprising a vessel, a pontoon, a jack-up, and further comprising a drill string drivingly connected with said platform and optionally provided with a heave motion compensator, wherein at its lower end the drill string is pro-vided with a drill bit, and wherein a seabed template suspended with lift wires from the platform is placed on a seabed, and wherein clamping means mounted in the seabed template are provided for fixing the drill string relative to the seabed template, which clamping means are embodied as a chuck which is arranged for clamping the drill string whilst enabling the drill string's rotation.

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FUGRO ENGINEERS B VVEURSE ACHTERWEG 10 2264 SG LEIDSCHENDAM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Looijen, Peter Leidschendam, NL 3 12

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