Gas platform
OwnerOlav Moinventor
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Abstract
The invention is related to an offshore platform with storage facilities for natural resources, such as LNG. The invention is particularly concerned with the problem of providing sufficient safety in storing such products, e.g., protection against collision with tankers.
Claims6
An offshore platform with a storage facility for storing natural products such as liquid gas, said platform comprising a plurality of concrete cells, a plurality of storage tanks, individual ones of said tanks being respectively disposed within individual ones of said concrete cells below sea level and being completely exposed to atmospheric conditions, said storage tanks being cylindrical in shape and including a convex curved termination portion at both ends thereof, said tanks being oriented with the longitudinal axis thereof upright, each of said plurality of tanks being supported by a skirt structure formed by extension of the cylindrical tank wall.
An offshore platform with a storage facility for storing natural products such as liquid gas, said platform comprising one central and six peripheral cells, all of the seven cells extending above the sea level, at least one of said cells containing a storage tank disposed therein below sea level under atmospheric conditions, said storage tank being cylindrical in shape and including a convex curved termination portion at both ends thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.