A system and method for rapidly disconnecting a drilling riser from a floating drilling platform is provided. In one embodiment, the floating drilling platform has a mooring buoy connected to a seabed. The method comprises disconnecting the drilling riser from a subsea component engaged to the seabed, attaching the mooring buoy to the drilling riser, and releasing the mooring buoy and the attached drilling riser from the drilling platform.
SYSTEM AND METHOD RAPID DISCONNECTION OF THE DRILLING RISER OF A FLOATING DRILLING PLATFORM
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR SCHNELLABSCHALTUNG DER BOHRSTEIGROHRS EINER SCHWIMMENDEN BOHRPLATTFORM
SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉCONNEXION RAPIDE DE LA COLONNE MONTANTE DE FORAGE D'UNE PLATE-FORME FLOTTANTE DE FORAGE
2016-11-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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