ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,983, issued on July 21, was assigned to K-BETS (Mokpo-si, South Korea).
"Stabbing system for installing offshore jacket structure and installation method of offshore jacket structure using the same" was invented by Jae-yong Ryoo (Uijeongbu-si, South Korea) and Seung-hoon Chang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a stabbing system for installing an offshore jacket structure and an installation method for installing an offshore jacket structure using the same. Particularly, the stabbing system fixes, to a seabed-pile, a jacket leg of a jacket structure to be inserted into the seabed-pile...