Sea bed terminal for offshore activities
AssigneeGravifloat AS
InventorsHarald Vartdal, Tore Roysheim, Geir L. Kjersem
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AssigneeGravifloat AS
InventorsHarald Vartdal, Tore Roysheim, Geir L. Kjersem
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A shallow water seabed terminal for storing and loading or unloading hydrocarbons, such as LNG, oil or gas, includes a removable floatable module and a removable seabed substructure intended to be supported by a seabed. The floatable module is releasably fixed to the seabed substructure so that a harbour terminal is formed. The seabed substructure includes a base structure provided with buoyancy devices, a wall structure extending upwardly from the base structure and arranged along at least a part of the periphery of the base structure. The base structure is also provided with an opening in the wall structure for allowing the floatable module to be berthed in and supported by the seabed substructure. The base structure is provided with a submerged beam or base slab structure which extends laterally out from the vertical wall structure and is configured to support the floatable module.
A shallow water seabed terminal for storing and loading or unloading hydrocarbons, said seabed terminal comprising a removable floatable module, and a removable seabed substructure configured to be supported by a seabed, the floatable module being releasably fixed to the seabed substructure so that a harbour terminal is formed, the seabed substructure including a base structure provided with buoyancy devices, a wall structure extending upwardly from the base structure and arranged along at least a part of a periphery of the base structure, the base structure being provided with an opening in the wall structure for allowing the floatable module to be berthed in and supported by the seabed substructure, wherein the base structure is provided with a submerged beam structure extending along the circumference of the base structure and extending laterally out from the wall structure and configured to support the floatable module, the submerged beam structure being provided with sleeves or ducts extending through the submerged beam structure and being configured to receive piles to be driven down into a soil of the seabed,
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