Quick latch mud mat apparatus

摘要

A subsea drilling drive pipe apparatus for drilling offshore wells from a floating vessel into the ocean floor. An elongated drilling drive pipe including a plurality of locking pads which are circumferentially positioned about the drive pipe periphery. A foundation structure is removably engageable with the elongated drive pipe by one or more locking pins which detachably engage the drive pipe thereby permitting the assembled members to be lowered as a unit to the ocean floor in contemplation of a subsea well drilling operation.