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(11) EP 0 154 745 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.02.1986 Bulletin 1986/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.09.1985 Bulletin 1985/38

(21) Application number: 84308337

(22) Date of filing: 30.11.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR NL

(30) Priority: 01.12.1983 GB 8332176
03.02.1984 GB 8402954
29.05.1984 GB 8413562

(71) Applicant: Copson, George Collingwood
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(72) Inventor:
  • Copson, Alexander George
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(54) Offshore waste disposal


(57) A method according to the invention comprises drilling at least one bore hole 16 from a bottom-supported drilling platform 12 at an offshore site, temporarily storing units 2 of waste material 40 on the platform, transferring the units from storage 13 to the head of a bored hole, disposing units one upon another in the bore hole and sealing the hole to contain the waste materials below the seabed.






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