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US 9,447,643 B2Granted
Drilling rig equipment platform
AssigneeCenovus Energy Inc.
InventorsDustin Jack, Alan Krawchuk, Jay Blythman, Robert Chalifoux, Doug Howdle, Murray Reay, Frank Yuzyk
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Abstract
An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig includes a buoyant body supported by a frame and lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by an aircraft. A portion of the frame protrudes from an underside surface of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground. The buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground.
Claims16
An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig, the platform component comprising:
- a buoyant body supported by a frame, a first portion of the frame protruding from an underside surface of a second portion of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground;
- lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by connecting cables of an aircraft;
- wherein the buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground;
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- wherein the second portion comprises a first side support and a second side support spaced from one another, and the first portion comprises a cross-member extending between the first side support and the second side support to couple the first side support to the second side support and support the buoyant body, the cross-member protruding from an underside surface of the first side support and the second side support.
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