SEA GRAVITY PLATFORM Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B63B35/44 E02B17/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: proposed platform comprises hull with main deck with crew quarters, process and general ship equipment, device to discharge oil products to tankers, copter deck and riser shaft at platform centre. Crew quarters have closed shape and is arranged equidistant to main deck outer outline. Process equipment is located so that it is limited by crew quarter inner fire- and explosion-proof wall. Crew and working quarters are arranged along crew quarters outer wall. Platform is equipped with canopy-shape coating located above the main deck and connected crew quarters and composed by separated trapezoid-shape flaps aligned with platform centre. Canopy base flaps rests on crew quarters inner wall. Riser pit height equals that of canopy top parts and terminates in bearing platform jointed by horizontal hinged with every flap of said canopy.

EFFECT: perfected performances by reducing the platform's gravity center, uniform weight distribution on the body of the platform from the residential unit and to protect the process equipment from the weather wave and wind effects.

5 cl, 4 dwg