A marine vessel for hydrocarbon exploration and methods of utilizing the same. In some embodiments, the vessel is enhanced with deployable and adjustable land propulsion mechanisms controlled by an active system to maintain position when on top of a drifting ice floe, water propulsion devices connected to the vessel hull capable of station-keeping in open water and/or within broken sea ice, sufficient power and flexibility to enable riding an ice floe, and at least one deployable ice hole cutter to open a channel through the ice floe.
ARCTIC WALKER FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION
ARKTISCHER WALKER FÜR KOHLENWASSERSTOFF-EXPLORATION
DRAGLINE MARCHEUSE ARCTIQUE POUR EXPLORATION D'HYDROCARBURES
2016-08-03
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B60F VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD , Fahrzeuge für den Verkehr sowohl auf Schienen als auch auf Straßen / B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING / E21B EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING , Erd- oder Gesteinsbohren |
Arctic Exploration and Development
Online Contents | 1994
|Peary's Arctic exploration ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1905