System for transferring crude oil from an onshore location to a vessel
AssigneeBluewater Energy Services B.V.
InventorsPeter Nicolaas van Sloten, Clemens Gerardus Johannes Maria van der Nat, Roland Wilhelmus van der Zande
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Abstract
A system for transferring crude oil from an onshore location to an offshore vessel comprises a crude oil supply assembly for transferring the crude oil from an onshore oil supply to the vessel, and a vapor return assembly for transferring vapor from the vessel to a vapor processing facility. The vapor return assembly is provided with a fan configured to promote a flow of vapor through the vapor return assembly from the vessel towards the vapor processing facility. The system further is provided with a member for energizing the fan.
Claims13
A system for transferring crude oil from an onshore location to an offshore vessel comprising:
- a buoy;
- a crude oil supply assembly comprising:
- a buoy oil piping on the buoy;
- at least one oil hose having a first oil hose end connected to the buoy oil piping and an opposite second oil hose end configured to be connected to the vessel;
- and
- at least one oil conduit assembly having a first oil conduit end configured to be connected to an onshore oil supply and an opposite second oil conduit end connected to the buoy oil piping, wherein the at least one oil conduit assembly comprises:
- a subsea pipe-line end manifold (PLEM);
- at least one subsea oil hose having a first sub-sea oil hose end connected to the PLEM and an opposite second subsea oil hose end defining the second oil conduit end connected to the buoy oil piping;
- and
- at least one subsea oil pipeline having a first subsea oil pipeline end defining the first oil conduit end configured to be connected to the onshore oil supply and a second subsea oil pipeline end supported by the PLEM and, directly or indirectly, connected to the first subsea oil hose end of the at least one subsea oil hose;
- and
- a vapor return assembly comprising:
- a buoy vapor piping on the buoy;
- at least one vapor hose having a first vapor hose end connected to the buoy vapor piping and an opposite second vapor hose end configured to be connected to the vessel;
- at least one vapor conduit assembly having a first vapor conduit end configured to be connected to a vapor processing facility and an opposite second vapor conduit end connected to the buoy vapor piping;
- an additional subsea pipe-line end manifold (PLEM);
- at least one subsea vapor hose having a first subsea vapor hose end connected to the additional PLEM and an opposite second subsea vapor hose end defining the second vapor conduit end connected to the buoy vapor piping;
- at least one subsea vapor pipeline having a first subsea vapor pipeline end defining the first vapor conduit end configured to be connected to the vapor processing facility and a second subsea vapor pipeline end supported by the additional PLEM and, directly or indirectly, connected to the first subsea vapor hose end of the at least one subsea vapor hose;
- a fan configured to promote a flow of vapor through the vapor return assembly from the vessel towards the vapor processing facility;
- and
- a member configured to energize the fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.