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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997947 | Deep water hydrocarbon transfer system System of a hydrocarbon transfer buoy and a vessel, the buoy having a length of at least 50 m and a length-to-width ratio of at least 10:1, and including a submerged buoyancy member having a length of at least 30 m and being situated at a depth of at least 10 m belo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993176 | Submersible mooring system A submersible mooring buoy for a floating vessel comprises a compartmented hull; a plurality of non-buoyant, catenary anchor lines each connected to the hull and a spring buoy such that the hull may be submerged without sinking to the seafloor by flooding selected c... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985110 | Connection system and method for connecting and disconnecting a floating unit to and from a buoy which is connected to a subsea installation The present invention relates to a connection system and a method for connecting and disconnecting a floating unit to and from a buoy which is connected to a subsea installation, where the buoy comprises a first connection device for connecting pipes and/or lines fo... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7614927 | Device for loading and/or unloading flowable media A device for loading and/or unloading of flowable media includes a buoy connected to at least one riser and a vessel provided with a pick-up space for the buoy. The pick-up space ends at the bottom of the vessel, the buoy being provided with a buoyancy device and in... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7594836 | Floating structure The present invention relates to a floating loading buoy (1) comprising a surface element (2), columns (3) connecting the surface element (2) to a submerged pontoon element (4), mooring devices (5) for securing the loading b... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7510452 | Disconnectable mooring system for a vessel A disconnectable mooring system for a vessel comprises a mooring buoy member and a turret structure mounted in a moonpool of the vessel. The mooring buoy member is anchored to the seabed and has a plurality of passages each adapted to receive a riser. The turret str... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7438617 | Transfer system and method for transferring a cryogenic fluid from an onshore unit to a ship by means of a buoy comprising a reel for a flexible hose and which level in the water can be changed A cryogenic transfer system includes: a cryogenic fluid storage and/or processing structure, an off shore loading and/or offloading structure having a base and a reel element rotatable relative to the base around an axis, a transfer duct ex... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7347156 | Lower bearing assembly for disconnectable turret A turret mooring system for a vessel comprises a turret which is rotatably connected to the vessel and comprises a lower end, a buoy which is anchored to the sea floor and is releasably connectable to the lower end, and a bearing assembly which is positioned between... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338091 | Swivel joint system A swivel joint system for a cryogenic liquid transfer line, such as a liquefied natural gas line, and for return of cold gas associated with the cryogenic liquid transfer. The system includes a swivel joint for the passage of the cryogenic liquid and a swivel joint ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7299835 | Apparatus for transferring a fluid between a transport vessel and a storage station An apparatus for transferring a fluid product between a fluid transport vessel and a storage vessel includes a tubular arrangement for conveying the fluid between the two vessels. The tubular arrangement includes a flexible transfer pipe hanging freely between ends ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299760 | Floating LNG import terminal and method for docking A floating terminal for offloading an LNG carrier vessel in the sea. The floating terminal of open frame construction is moored toward its front end with a rotatable mooring arrangement so that the terminal may weathervane in response to environmental forces. Marine... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7195530 | System and methods to install subsea structures There is disclosed a system comprising a structure in a body of water, wherein the body of water comprises a depth comprising a top-section from a surface of the body of water to one-third of the depth, and a second-section from one-third of the depth to two-thirds ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182660 | Offshore fluid transfer system Apparatus for transferring fluid between first and second floating vessels is described, comprising a submerged rigid transfer arm defining a fluid conduit for receiving fluid from a first vessel, a first end of the arm attached to the first floating vessel so as to... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179144 | Off-shore mooring and fluid transfer system Apparatus for transferring cryogenic fluid from a first vessel (5) to a second vessel in an offshore environment. The apparatus includes a semi-submersible floating dock with variable buoyancy structure (14, 15) operable to alter the draught of the doc... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174930 | Connector for articulated hydrocarbon fluid transfer arm A hydrocarbon transfer system includes a first structure carrying an articulated arm. The system has at a free end a first connector part, and a vessel comprising a second connector part, wherein each connector part comprises a housing with at least two fluid ducts ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172479 | Offshore production system with drilling/workover rig An offshore hydrocarbon production system includes a vessel (12) with a turret (16), and a fluid swivel (50) on the turret that is connected to risers (41–43) that extend to the sea floor (26), wherein a drilling/workover rig ( | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137200 | Method of constructing a buoy Buoys are used for mooring purposes and as navigational marks. An embodiment of the invention is be explained in relation to catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoys. Conventional CALM buoys generally have a hull constructed of steel plate by traditional ship... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117808 | System for transferring liquid load, mainly oil to a tanker The invention can be used for a off-shore discharge of a liquid load, mainly oil from a land storage plant to ocean-going tankers during winter time and initial ice formation when the thickness of a stable fast ice is equal to or less than 1.5 m. In the first varian... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107925 | Weathervaning LNG offloading system A cryogenic fluid offloading system, having a tanker vessel (2) moored in line with an offshore mooring construction (4, 8) and connected to a processing unit, such as regasification plant (13). The degasification plant (13) has no large ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073457 | Duplex yoke mooring system An offshore offloading system for hydrocarbon products from a storage station such as an LNG/FPSO to a shuttle vessel. The system includes a yoke mooring arrangement having a yoke and a connection assembly. One end of the yoke is selectively disconnectable to the sh... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066219 | 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... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7056177 | Spread moored midship hydrocarbon loading and offloading system A hydrocarbon mooring and transfer system (2) includes a tower (3) resting on the seabed (4), a vessel (1) containing hydrocarbons, anchoring elements including at least four spaced-apart anchoring members (12, 13, 14, 15) connecte... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044817 | Anchoring system Anchoring system to hold a vessel anchored during loading or unloading, which vessel can be connected to or from the anchoring system in a similar way under all operating conditions without adjustments in the anchoring system, which anchoring system is comprising on... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029348 | Wave motion absorbing offloading system comprising a slender mooring buoy The invention relates to a mooring buoy (6), comprising a submerged part (13) and a part extending above water level (11). The part above water level comprising a fluid outlet duct (24) for attaching to a vessel (7), the buoy being... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6935390 | Method and apparatus for providing fluid transfer between a marine platform and a service vessel The present invention provides a method and apparatus for fluid transfer between a fixed marine production platform and a work vessel (eg. jack up barge). The method includes positioning the work vessel next to the production platform and then adjusting the elevatio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6916218 | Wave motion absorbing offloading system The invention relates to a hydrocarbon transfer system (1) in which a floating construction (2) such as a FPSO is connected to an offloading buoy (3) via a submerged offloading pipeline (10). The motions of the buoy are de-coupled form th... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6910435 | Mooring device A mooring robot releasably fastening a first moveable object (S) to a second nearby object. The first moveable object (S) moves in response to the application of external forces to the object (S). The robot operates to restore the first object (S) to a predetermined... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899049 | Apparatus and method of constructing offshore platforms A deep-water floating offshore platform includes a buoyant hull having a substantially flat top, and substantially flat bottom, and a plurality of substantially flat sides. The hull further includes a tendon access shaft and a plurality of riser guide sleeves. The t... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6869325 | Rotating tower system for transferring hydrocarbons to a ship A rotating tower system for transferring hydrocarbons to a ship, comprising a transfer structure extending from the bottom (3) of the ship (1) to the deck (4) thereof, the structure at its lower end being connected to a number of risers (22 | 03/22/2005 |
| 6829901 | Single point mooring regasification tower Offshore facilities and methods are provided to enable the mooring of a ship carrying a liquefied gas to an offshore structure with one or more decks upon which are located (i) regasification facilities; (ii) single point mooring means for mooring a ship that is car... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6763862 | Submerged flowline termination at a single point mooring buoy A submerged connection assembly for connecting an end of a pipeline to a flexible hose that runs to a SPM buoy including an elastic suspension arrangement between the SPM buoy and the connection assembly. ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6701981 | System for loading and unloading fluid products System for loading and unloading of fluid products to or from a vessel (1), where a fluid hose (4) is fastened to the bottom side of a submerged frame (2) so that the frame (2) is free to turn around a vertical axis with respect to the hose (4) in that an... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6688930 | Hybrid buoyant riser/tension mooring system A buoyant hybrid riser/tension (BHRT) member moors a floating body on the sea surface to a pipeline terminated at a submerged structure. The BHRT includes one or more conduits, one or more tension members, and buoyancy. The conduits provide fluid communic... | 02/10/2004 |
