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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104417 | Soft yoke A device for dynamically positioning a ship, assisting in offload of a processed hydrocarbon fluid, and assisting in return of hydrocarbon vapors is disclosed herein. The device can be a soft yoke that is pivotable and collapsible with at least two telescoping moori... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104416 | Floating natural gas processing station A floating natural gas processing station for receiving dry gas and forming liquefied natural gas for offloading is disclosed herein. The station can use a station heat exchanger, a natural gas liquefaction train, and an offloading device having a primary quick conn... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100076 | Liquefied natural gas processing and transport system A station and transport system for receiving, storing, and transporting liquefied natural gas is disclosed herein. The system can include a transport vessel, a floating liquefied natural gas processing station with a heat exchanger for receiving the dry gas from a p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7326020 | Multi-purpose vessel and method for recovering, storing and/or offloading material in a dredging operation A method of building a levee or an island is disclosed. The method includes dredging material from a surface of a body of water with a dredge assembly mounted to a hull and supporting a hopper with the hull. The hopper is adapted to receive the material. The hopper ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322308 | Mooring apparatus with moveable ballast weight A mooring apparatus for mooring first and second vessels, (1, 7) together in a heavy seaway ofFshore is described. The apparatus is for tandem mooring using soft yoke technology. The apparatus consists of a rigid arm (2) with a longitudinal axis and fi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7147021 | System for transfer of a fluid product, particularly liquefied natural gas, between a transport vehicle, such as a ship, and an installation for receiving or supplying this product A device for transferring a product between a ship and a fixed installation. The device is supported at one end by a support structure and the other end is capable of being connected to the ship's manifold. The support structure includes a boom carrying a transfer p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114883 | Offshore fluid transfer system and method Apparatus (12) for transferring fluid between floating vessels (10, 11) is described, comprising a submerged rigid transfer arm (13) carrying a fluid pipeline (16). The apparatus (12) is provided with thrusters (21) and posi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7063158 | Bottom tensioned offshore oil well production riser An offshore oil well riser system comprises one or more tubular conduits suspended from a floating platform and having bottom ends extending downward substantially vertically toward the sea floor. A bottom end connection and tensioning assembly is disposed at the bo... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051774 | Mooring system for fluid cargo tankers The liquid cargo mooring and fluid transfer system of the present invention includes a first column affixed to the ocean floor. The first column supports one end of an extended length space frame. At the opposite end of the space frame is a buoyant support. The buoy... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021231 | Vessel navigation and docking system and method A system configured to auto pilot and dock automatically a vessel (108), the system comprising: one or more distance detectors (106): at least one extendable arm (104), the arm including attachment elements (112) located at a far end ther... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007623 | Retrieval and connection system for a disconnectable mooring yoke A mooring yoke and method for using same to connect or disconnect a shuttle vessel to a body, such as an LNG liquefaction and storage vessel (LNG/FPSO). The yoke is pivotably connected at one end to the LNG/FPSO. The other or tip end of the yoke includes a buoyant e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004680 | Temporary support assembly and method of supporting a flexible line A support assembly for a flexible line comprises a hanger to suspend the flexible line from an offshore oil rig without subjecting the line to a bending stress adjacent the support assembly, a frame supporting the hanger, and a connector coupled to the frame to remo... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997643 | LNG tanker offloading in shallow water A system for offloading LNG (liquified natural gas) from a tanker (26) in shallow waters, for regasing, or heating the offloaded LNG to produce gaseous hydrocarbons, or gas, for pressurizing the gas, and for flowing the gas to an onshore station (56), ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955134 | Vessel, provided with a gang plank for coupling to an offshore pole structure A vessel provided with a telescopingly extendable gang plank mounted thereon for movement about a vertical axis. A coupling device provided at the free end of the gang plank is adapted to enclose a vertically directed engagement rod on an offshore pole body and thus... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6932015 | Mooring arrangement Arrangement for mooring, loading and unloading of a vessel, comprising: a stationary inner tower with a lower end fixedly anchored to the seabed, from where the inner tower extends upwards through the sea to an upper end over the sea level, which inner tower at leve... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923225 | Hydrocarbon fluid transfer system The invention relates to a fluid transfer system, in particular for LNG in which an articulated vertical and horizontal mooring arm are suspended from a support on the processing vessel. Independently moveable ducts, for instance cryogenic hard piping are placed par... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915753 | Mooring apparatus Apparatus is described for mooring a floating vessel (10) particularly suited to a tanker transporting liquid natural gas which needs to be moored in an offshore environment. The apparatus comprises a semi-submersible floating dock (1) a single point m... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6517290 | Loading arrangement for floating production storage and offloading vessel A loading arrangement includes a riser that extends from a subsea structure to a coupling element for coupling the riser to a vessel. The coupling element includes a buoy body which is connected to a retention member via a flexible connection part. The re... | 02/11/2003 |
| 4798155 | Mooring device The present invention relates to a mooring system comprising a floating device with or without storage capacity and to which another ship can be moored which floating device has been connected with an anchor or the like in a manner such that in case of di... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4784079 | Apparatus such as a working platform which by means of tension loaded tension member has been anchored and which has been provided with means for mooring a vessel Tension leg platform with vessel moored to the platform by a soft yoke mooring system connected to a turntable which is rotatable about a central column of the platform, the platform being free from obstacles between the working area and the body with buo... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4735167 | Offshore mooring/loading system A mooring system for connecting a vessel having an opening in its bow, to a fixed non-compliant offshore structure allows the moored vessel to weathervane 360 degrees around the structure while it is being loaded or while it tranfers fluids back to the pr... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4694771 | Mooring device Mooring device comprising a body at a distance above the bottom of a body of water such as a tower positioned upon the bottom of the water. The tower carries a downwardly extending construction loaded by a weight which construction can pivot about a verti... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4677930 | Apparatus for quick-release of a storage vessel from a riser An apparatus is described for securing two offshore mooring sections together. The apparatus is a connector adapted to quickly disengage each mooring section so that an offshore floating storage vessel, having one mooring section attached to it, may be se... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4669412 | Boom for single point mooring system A boom is described for use on a single point mooring system to connect a tower thereof to tankers or other vessels, wherein the boom is constructed to enable rapid attachment to a vessel and to protect boom components when not connected to a vessel. The ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4665855 | Swivel system for connecting the mooring arm of a floating facility to a marine structure A suitable system for connecting an anchored marine structure and a rotating moor arm of a floating facility in which a swivel combines for connecting the marine structure and the mooring arm has at least one plain journal bearing with at least one elasti... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665856 | Mooring apparatus A structure for mooring a vessel floating on the surface of a body of water is disclosed including a tower structure and an improved structure for pivotably connecting the vessel to the tower structure while providing a restoring force to the vessel. The ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4625673 | Motion compensation means for a floating production system There is disclosed an apparatus for providing passive motion compensation at the ship-riser interface of a rise-moored floating production system or oil storage tanker, with its associated equipment including a riser handling system. Normal production pro... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4611550 | System for mooring tankers to a fixed structure A system for mooring tankers to an emergent fixed structure, constituted by an articulated connection structure using an equalizer hinged to the tanker deck by hinges able to isolate said articulated structure from the tanker rolling motion.... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4606294 | Fixed structure mooring system for tanker ships An apparatus for reducing environmental forces on a mooring system for tanker ships, wherein a fixed structure comprising a hinged arm rotatably movable with respect to the mooring system is provided with a rocker assembly which is pivotally connected to ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4602586 | Motion decoupling mechanism for fluid swivel stack A mechanism for decoupling over a selected angle the rotational motion between a marine vessel moored to a single point mooring system such as a single anchor leg mooring (SALM) and the fluid swivel stack of the single point mooring system. The mechanism ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4567843 | Mooring system A mooring system comprising a vessel (1) floating on the water surface, such as a ship, and having an arm structure (2) pivotally secured to it. A buoyant body (9) presses upwardly on the arm structure (2); and the end of the arm structure opposite the sh... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4567842 | Weight type motion compensation system for a riser moored tanker A system for mooring a ship-shape floating production system using a riser tensioned by a weight type motion compensation system. The riser is attached to the ship by a rocking beam that has a weight attached at one end of the beam to balance the vertical... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4546721 | Submerged single point mooring system A mooring system for anchoring sea going ships, such as storage or production tanker vessels, and more particularly, a submerged single point mooring system fixed to the seabed and which is particularly adapted for use in arctic waters having surface haza... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4532879 | Combination mooring system An improved mooring system for mooring a floating vessel to an offshore structure is disclosed. The mooring system includes a first mooring arm connected to the vessel which is in sliding engagement with a second mooring arm connected to the structure. Th... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4494475 | System for mooring a floating structure Mooring systems for floating vessels positioned off-shore. A rigid column extends from the sea floor and provides a single-point mooring for a barge or other floating structure which includes facilities for storing oil or liquified gases. The barge may al... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4493282 | Combination mooring system A combination mooring system for mooring a floating vessel to an offshore structure is disclosed. When a loading force induced by wind, waves, ice, or ocean currents does not act against the vessel, the mooring system is at a mean position. As a loading f... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4468205 | Apparatus for single point mooring A single point mooring apparatus especially adapted for securing large marine tanker vessels or subsea hydrocarbon well collection and storage barges in relatively shallow water is disclosed. The floating mooring buoy structure is connected to a mooring b... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4459930 | Riser and detachably coupled yoke mooring system A yoke mooring system pivoted on the forecastle of a vessel, such as a shuttle tanker, is detachably coupled to a riser which is attached to a base located on the ocean floor. The yoke mooring system includes clamping arms which engage a ball with an axia... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4417537 | Mooring buoy for tanker ships A mooring buoy structure for tanker ships is disclosed which comprises an anchoring block secured to the sea bottom, a vertical structure for supporting piping which conveys crude petroleum and like fluids from and to the ship, and a swinging arm installe... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4392447 | Offshore mooring system In an offshore mooring system for seagoing vessels, a mooring hawser formed nto a loop is resiliently fastened with both its ends around a tower head of an offshore tower. The hawser is kept in readiness beneath a jib of the tower and is spread open by spr... | 07/12/1983 |
