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US 2016/0236756 A1Published application
Tandem and side-by-side mooring offlaoding systems and associated methods
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsArno Laurentius Michael VAN DEN HAAK, Stergios LIAPIS, Yile LI, Joao Paulo Juliao MATSUURA
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Abstract
A mooring system comprising: an offshore structure comprising one or more hawsers; a vessel; a first mooring line; and a second mooring line.
Claims19
A mooring system comprising:
- an offshore structure comprising one or more hawsers;
- a vessel;
- a first mooring line;
- and a second mooring line.
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A method for mooring a vessel comprising:
- providing a vessel;
- providing an offshore structure comprising one or more hawsers;
- providing a first mooring line;
- providing a second mooring line;
- attaching the first mooring line to the vessel;
- attaching the second mooring line to the vessel;
- and attaching the one or more hawsers to the vessel.
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A method for offloading oil and/or gas from a structure comprising:
- providing a side-by-side mooring system comprising an offshore structure comprising two hawsers, a vessel, a first mooring line, and a second mooring line, connecting the vessel to the first mooring line, the second mooring line, and the two hawsers in a side-by-side arrangement;
- transferring oil and/or gas from the structure to the vessel;
- and disconnecting the vessel from the first mooring line, the second mooring line, and the two hawsers.
A method for offloading oil and/or gas from a structure comprising:
- providing a tandem mooring system comprising an offshore structure comprising a hawser, a vessel, a first mooring line, a second mooring line, and a hawser;
- connecting the vessel to the first mooring line, the second mooring line, and the hawser in a tandem arrangement;
- transferring oil and/or gas from the structure to the vessel;
- and
- disconnecting the vessel from the first mooring line, the second mooring line, and the hawser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.