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US 12,188,334 B1Granted
Mobile modular containment system
OwnerTimothy M. Couvillion, Kevin Kennelley +1inventors
InventorsTimothy M. Couvillion, Kevin Kennelley, Walter Jack Couch
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Abstract
A portable subsea pollution dome with built-in gas separator that is capable of collecting oil, or oil and gas, from a leaking production well, venting the gas and storing the oil in built-in a storage tank.
Claims30
A mobile modular containment system comprising:
- a guide base comprised of multiple joinable subparts and wherein when said subparts are joined together, said guide base comprises multiple bell guides;
- a collection dome secured to said guide base;
- and
- a separator secured to said collection dome;
- wherein said mobile modular containment system is configured so that said guide base is held at a height off a seafloor.
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A mobile modular containment system kit comprising:
- a guide base comprised of multiple joinable subparts and wherein when said subparts are joined together, said guide base comprises multiple bell guides;
- a collection dome securable to said guide base;
- and
- a separator securable to said collection dome;
- wherein said guide base is capable of being lowered onto and removably secured to three to six seafloor-secured piles, by each of said piles passing through a respective one of said multiple bell guides.
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A mobile modular containment system comprising:
- a guide base comprised of multiple joinable subparts and wherein when said subparts are joined together, said guide base comprises multiple pile-receiving guides;
- a collection dome secured to said guide base;
- and
- a separator secured to said collection dome;
- wherein said mobile modular containment system is configured so that said guide base is held at a height off a seafloor.
2 more elements
A mobile modular containment system kit comprising:
- a guide base comprised of multiple joinable subparts and wherein when said subparts are joined together, said guide base comprises multiple pile-receiving guides;
- a collection dome securable to said guide base;
- and
- a separator securable to said collection dome;
- wherein said guide base is capable of being lowered onto and removably secured to three to six seafloor-secured piles, by each of said piles passing through a respective one of said multiple pile-receiving guides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.