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US 4,786,210 AGranted
Arctic production/terminal facility
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorThomas E. Williams
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Abstract
An offshore facility for use in an arctic body of water to produce, store, and offload hydrocarbons. The facility comprises a main structure which includes storage tanks, production equipment, etc., and which has a marine docking slip constructed therein and adapted to receive and moor a vessel, e.g., a tanker ship, therein to protect the vessel against moving ice. To protect the vessel while it is moored in the slip, a means is provided to keep the water in the slip from freezing.
Claims13
An offshore facility for use in a body of water in an arctic area, said facility comprising:
- a main structure having a front and a back and a base adapted to rest on the bottom of said body of water;
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- a marine slip formed integral within said main structure, said slip opening through said back of said structure and extending inwardly into said main structure and adapted to receive and moor a vessel therein whereby said vessel shall be completely inside the periphery of said facility when in a moored position within said slip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.