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Patent
CA 1173261
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE "SLIDING TENSION LEG TOWER" A compliant offshore drilling and producing structure is disclosed. Axial piles extend from the sea floor above the water's surface and are enveloped by sleeves extending downwardly from a rigid platform. Buoyant chambers attached to the sleeves provide an upward buoyant force in excess of the weight of the platform and sleeves. This excess upward force is counterbal- anced by the axial piles through hydraulic means.
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Abbott Barry J.
Silcox William H.
Chevron Research And Technology Company
Sim & Mcburney
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