Mat incorporated pile anchor reinforcement systems
AssigneeExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
InventorOsama Abu Safaqah
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Abstract
A pile anchor reinforcing system includes a pile anchor having an end penetrating a seafloor, and a mudmat positionable on the seafloor and defining a reinforcing pile aperture or a surface area to receive a gravity anchor or both, and a pile anchor aperture sized to receive the pile anchor. A reinforcing pile is extendable through the reinforcing aperture and penetrates the seafloor. The mudmat and the reinforcing pile and/or the gravity anchor cooperatively reinforce the pile anchor against lateral and vertical loading.
Claims20
A pile anchor reinforcing system, comprising:
- a pile anchor having an end penetrating a seafloor;
- a mudmat positionable on the seafloor and defining a reinforcing aperture and a pile anchor aperture sized to receive the pile anchor;
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- a reinforcing pile extendable through the reinforcing aperture and penetrating the seafloor, wherein the mudmat and the reinforcing pile cooperatively reinforce the pile anchor against lateral and vertical loading.
A method of reinforcing a pile anchor, comprising:
- lowering a mudmat toward a seafloor;
- receiving the pile anchor within a pile anchor aperture defined in the mudmat, wherein the pile anchor has an end penetrating the seafloor;
- extending a reinforcing pile through a reinforcing aperture defined in the mudmat;
- driving the reinforcing pile into the seafloor;
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- reinforcing the pile anchor against lateral and vertical loading with the mudmat and the reinforcing pile.
A method of reinforcing a pile anchor, comprising:
- lowering a mudmat toward a seafloor;
- receiving the pile anchor within a pile anchor aperture defined in the mudmat, wherein the pile anchor has an end penetrating the seafloor;
- positioning a gravity anchor atop the mudmat;
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- reinforcing the pile anchor against lateral loading with the mudmat and the gravity anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.