Method for installing at least one mooring line of a floating installation in a body of water and associated floating installation
AssigneeTechnip Energies France
InventorsMarc Cahay, Coste Francois
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Abstract
The method comprises installing at least one lower section of a mooring line at the bottom of the body of water; trapping the lower section in the ground; connecting an upper unit of the floating installation to the mooring line. The lower section being constituted by a chain, the chain defining, after the connection of the upper unit, a lower end of the mooring line not provided with a mooring point pre-mounted on the mooring line, in particular an anchor or pile.
Claims18
A method of placing at least one mooring line of a floating installation in a body of water, the method comprising
- installing at least one lower section of a mooring line in a ground at a bottom of the body of water;
- trapping the at least one lower section in the around;
- coupling an upper unit of the floating installation to the mooring line;
- the at least one lower section of the mooring line consisting of a chain, the chain delimiting, after the coupling of the upper unit, a lower end of the mooring line devoid of mooring point pre-mounted on the mooring line.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the joint lowering into the ground of the caisson and of the at least one lower section takes place along a vertical or substantially vertical axis.
A floating installation in a body of water, comprising an upper unit and at least one mooring line coupled to the upper unit, the mooring line including a lower section which is penetrating and trapped in a ground at the bottom of the body of water;
- the lower section of the mooring line consisting of a chain, the chain delimiting, after the coupling of the upper unit, a lower end of the mooring line devoid of mooring point pre-mounted on the mooring line .
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.