Single point mooring buoy and transfer facility
AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company
InventorEdwin E. Reed
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Abstract
A single point mooring and transfer facility is provided which comprises a floating buoy, a submerged platform, means for maintaining the floating buoy in position relative to the platform and a conduit means between the platform and the buoy. The conduit means has a coiled portion with its axis substantially vertical. The coiled portion provides the necessary flexibility between the floating buoy and the submerged platform, thus avoiding any requirement for flexible hoses and/or undersea swivel connections.
Claims12
A single point mooring and transfer facility comprising:
- a floating buoy,
- a submerged platform,
- means for maintaining said buoy in position relative to said platform,
- first conduit means for conducting fluid to and from said platform,
- second conduit means for conducting fluid to and from said buoy, and
- third conduit means connecting said first conduit means and said second conduit means, said third conduit means consisting essentially of a straight portion extending from said platform to said buoy and a spiral coiled portion having a substantially vertical axis housed within said platform.
A single point mooring and transfer facility comprising:
- a floating buoy,
- a submerged platform,
- means for maintaining said buoy in position relative to said platform,
- first conduit means for conducting fluid to and from said platform,
- second conduit means for conducting fluid to and from said buoy, and
- third conduit means connecting said first conduit means and said second conduit means, said third conduit means consisting essentially of a circular helix having a substantially vertical axis extending substantially from said platform to said buoy.
A single point mooring and transfer facility comprising:
- a floating buoy,
- a submerged platform,
- means for maintaining said buoy in position relative to said platform,
- first conduit means for conducting fluid to and from said platform,
- second conduit means for conducting fluid to and from said buoy, and
- third conduit means connecting said first conduit means and said second conduit means, said third conduit means consisting essentially of a circular helix extending from said submerged platform toward said floating buoy but less than the total distance from said platform to said buoy, with the remainder of said distance being a substantially straight portion, wherein the axis of said helix is substantially vertical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.