Patents and articles
Sixteen published items – magazine articles, patents, others – listed in the Appendix at the end of book are available here for download:
From the ETA years
- Lovie, P.M.; Lowery, E.L.: “Jack-up for 400 ft. Water Depths Feasible”, Oil & Gas Journal, 10 January 1972, pp. 86-87.
- Lovie, P.M.: “Why Not a Jack up for 400 ft. Water?”, Engineering Technology Analysts, Inc., Innovation, volume 1, number 1, first quarter 1972, 3 pages.
- Lovie, P.M.: “Spud Tank for Offshore Drilling Unit”, United States Patent & Trademark Office, no. 3,823,563, filed 5 September 1972, granted 16 July 1974, 7 pages.
- Lovie, P.M.: “Self Elevating Offshore Platform with Folding Legs”, United States Patent & Trademark Office, no. 3,826,099, filed 25 September 1972, granted 30 July 1974, 7 pages.
- Lovie, P.M.: “The Robray 300 – The First of a New Generation of Jack-ups to be Built”, Engineering Technology Analysts, Inc., Innovation, volume 2, number 2, 1973, 2 pages.
- Lovie, P.M.; Lowery, E.L.: “Means for Altering Motion Response of Offshore Drilling Units”, United States Patent & Trademark Office, no. 3,916,633, filed 24 August 1973, granted 4 November 1975, 5 pages.
- Lowery, E.L.: ”Mobile Marine Drilling Unit”, United States Patent & Trademark Office no. 3,996,754, filed December 14, 1973, granted December 14, 1976, 7 pages.
- Angerstein, J.: “Jack-ups – a Future in the North Sea”, interview, Northern Offshore, April 1974, pp. 33-42.
- “New Innovative Designs for Jackups for the North Sea Oil Patch”, Offshore, April 1974, 4 pages.
- Lovie, P.M.: “Self Elevating Offshore Drilling Unit Legs”, United States Patent, no. 3,967,457, filed 11 July 1974, granted 6 July 1976, 8 pages.
- Bynum, D.; Lovie, P.M.: “How Jack-ups Fit in the North Sea Boom”, Petroleum Engineer, October 1974, 6 pages.
- Bynum, D.; Lovie, P.M.: “A Thousand Rigs Could be Needed to Meet World Goals”, Offshore, January 1975, pp. 53-60.
- Bynum, D.; Lovie, P.M.: “Rig Safety is Vital”, Offshore, May 1975, 8 pages.
- Lovie, P.M.: “MODU Classification and Certification”, The Technology of Offshore Drilling, Completion and Production, Pennwell Publishing, 1976, 426 p., pp. 389-413.