Offshore drilling vessel
AssigneeItrec B.V.
InventorsDiederick Bernardus Wijning, Joop Roodenburg
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Abstract
A monohull offshore vessel includes a hull having a moonpool and a pipe storage. A multipurpose tower is mounted on the hull at the moonpool, and a pipe handling system is provided for handling pipes to be used with the multipurpose tower. The pipe handling system includes a gantry beam provided at opposite ends thereof with guides for interacting with horizontal guide tracks extending along opposite sides of the pipe storage for movement along the pipe storage. The guides supporting the gantry beam extend beyond the pipe storage, such that the pipe handling system can cover parts of the vessel other than the pipe storage to transport pipes and/or other objects.
Claims9
A monohull offshore vessel comprising:
- a hull having a moonpool and a remote pipe storage, seen in a longitudinal direction of the vessel;
- a multipurpose tower that is mounted on the hull at the moonpool;
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- a pipe handling system for handling pipes to be used with the multipurpose tower, the pipe handling system comprising a gantry beam provided at opposite ends thereof with guides for supporting the gantry beam and interacting with horizontal guide tracks extending in the longitudinal direction of the vessel along opposite sides of the pipe storage for movement along the pipe storage,
- wherein the horizontal guide tracks extend beyond the pipe storage to a drilling floor, allowing the pipe handling system to move along the horizontal guide tracks beyond the pipe storage to the drilling floor to transport pipes and/or other objects to the drilling floor.
A monohull offshore vessel comprising:
- a hull having a moonpool and a remote pipe storage, seen in a longitudinal direction of the vessel;
- a multipurpose tower that is mounted on the hull at the moonpool;
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- a pipe handling system for handling pipes to be used with the multipurpose tower, the pipe handling system comprising a gantry beam provided at opposite ends thereof with guides for supporting the gantry beam and interacting with horizontal guide tracks extending in the longitudinal direction of the vessel along opposite sides of the pipe storage for movement along the pipe storage,
- wherein the horizontal guide tracks extend beyond the pipe storage to the moonpool, allowing the pipe handling system to move along the horizontal guide tracks beyond the pipe storage to the moonpool to transport pipes and/or other objects to the moonpool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.