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AssigneeBluewater Energy Services B.V.
InventorClemens Gerardus Johannes Maria VAN DER NAT
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A method for transferring fluids between a first vessel and a second vessel, comprises establishing a direct mooring connection between the first and second vessels using a mooring line, positioning and maintaining a third vessel closer to the second vessel than to the first vessel, providing a first fluid transfer hose and connecting it with a first end to a fluid outlet on the first vessel and with a second end to an intermediate fluid inlet at the third vessel, providing a second fluid transfer hose and connecting it with a first end to an intermediate fluid outlet at the third vessel and with a second end to a fluid inlet on the second vessel and establishing a fluid communication between the intermediate fluid inlet and intermediate fluid outlet.
A method for transferring fluids between a first vessel and a second vessel, comprising establishing a direct mooring connection between the first and second vessels using a mooring line, positioning and maintaining a third vessel closer to the second vessel than to the first vessel, providing a first fluid transfer hose and connecting it with a first end to a fluid outlet on the first vessel and with a second end to an intermediate fluid inlet at the third vessel, providing a second fluid transfer hose and connecting it with a first end to an intermediate fluid outlet at the third vessel and with a second end to a fluid inlet on the second vessel and establishing a fluid communication between the intermediate fluid inlet and intermediate fluid outlet.
An assembly for transferring fluids, comprising a first vessel, a second vessel, a direct mooring connection between the first and second vessels, a third vessel positioned and maintained closer to the second vessel than to the first vessel, a first fluid transfer hose connected with a first end to a fluid outlet of the first vessel and with a second end to an intermediate fluid inlet at the third vessel and a second fluid transfer hose connected with a first end to an intermediate fluid outlet at the third vessel and with a second end to a fluid inlet of the second vessel, and wherein a fluid communication is established between the intermediate fluid inlet and intermediate fluid outlet.
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