Water intake riser
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsAli Joseph Cox, Michalakis Efthymiou
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Abstract
A water intake riser that can be suspended from a vessel having a riser connected to a riser hanger, which riser hanger includes a first tubular element, a second tubular element to which the riser is connected, a flexible load transfer element joining the tubular elements, and a hose of which the ends are secured to the adjacent ends of the tubular elements.
Claims21
A process for liquefying natural gas, comprising use of a water intake riser that can be suspended from a vessel, which water intake riser comprises a riser connected to a riser hanger, which riser hanger comprises a first tubular element;
- a second tubular element to which the riser is connected;
- a flexible load transfer element joining the tubular elements;
- and a hose of which the ends are secured to the adjacent ends of the tubular elements.
A vessel on which a plant for liquefying natural gas is arranged, the vessel being provided with at least one water intake riser that can be suspended from the vessel, which water intake riser comprises a riser connected to a riser hanger, which riser hanger comprises a first tubular element secured to the vessel;
- a second tubular element to which the riser is connected;
- a flexible load transfer element joining the tubular elements;
- and a hose of which the ends are secured to the adjacent ends of the tubular elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.