Salvageable multi-well offshore well protector platform

Claim 1

A SALVAGEABLE OFFSHORE WELL PROTECTOR PLATFORM FOR DRILLING A PLURALITY OF UNDERWATER WELLS FROM THE SAME LOCATION INTO THE OCEAN BOTTOM COMPRISING A CAISSON HAVING A CLOSED UPPER END AND AN OPEN LOWER END, A JACKET STRUCTURE HAVING AT LEAST THREE PARALLEL HOLLOW LEGS LOCATED ALONG THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE WHOSE CENTER CORRESPONDS TO THE CENTER OF SAID JACKET STRUCTURE, RIGID CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING TRUSS MEMBERS FOR CONNECTING SAID LEGS TOGETHER, SAID LEGS EXTENDING BELOW THE TOP OF SAID CAISSON, MEANS FOR RIGIDLY CONNECTING THE LENGTHS OF SAID LEGS EXTENDING BELOW THE TOP OF SAID CAISSON TO THE OUTER WALL OF SAID CAISSON PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION THEREOF THEREBY TRANSFERRING THE LOADS AND MOMENTS FROM THE JACKET STRUCTURE TO THE CAISSON, A DECK SUPPORTED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID PACKET STRUCTURE, MEANS FOR SINKING THE OPEN END OF SAID CAISSON INTO SAID OCEAN BOTTOM, SAID CAISSON BEING SUNK IN SAID OCEAN BOTTOM TO A DEPTH WHICH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LENGTH OF THE JACKET STRUCTURE WILL MAINTAIN THE DECK AT THE DESIRED HEIGHT ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE, VALVE MEANS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF SAID CAISSON FOR RELEASING THE WATER FROM WITHIN SAID CAISSON DURING SINKING OF THE CAISSON INTO THE OCEAN BOTTOM, AND MEANS FOR PRESSURIZING THE INTERIOR OF THE CAISSON TO PROVIDE AN UPWARD FORCE ON SAID CAISSON TO AID IN REMOVAL THEREOF FROM THE OCEAN BOTTOM.