Jack-Up Spud Barge Delivered Again

A jack-up platform is an offshore structure which consists of a buoyant hull fitted with four moveable legs which are capable of raising the hull above the surface of the sea when it arrives on working location.

Generally, jack-up barges and self-elevating platforms are not self-propelled and rely on tugs or heavy lift vessels for transportation. Once on location the hull is raised to the required elevation above the sea surface and is supported by the sea bed. The legs of the unit may be designed to penetrate the sea bed, may be fitted with large sections or end footings for each leg or may be attached to a bottom.

Sinoway have innovatively developed a kind of device i.e. jack up barge is fitted with crawlers and power unit and it can travel to working location by itself and the same time it can switches seamlessly between land and shallow water work.

This jackup can propel itself both in and out of water, and can be elevated to withstand tidal movement and small weather events. The platform comprises two tracked pontoons, a deck area for drilling operations, a power pack to drive crawling and jacking activities, plus a fully enclosed cabin for the operator. The modular design allows mobilization by road or sea; the spud legs can be assembled at site using a mobile crane to reduce the amount of towage to the drilling location. Depending on site conditions, this mobile jack-up barge ranges from beaches during low tide to an approximate maximum water depth of around 6 meters.

As a kind of intertidal drilling platform, Sinoway jack-up spud barge designed to reduce cost and save time while improving safety and quality of geotechnical investigations in coastal and transitional water zones.



     

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