Facility in particular for producing and processing fluids, including a floating unit provided with a system for single-point mooring

A facility for producing and processing fluids including a floating vessel having a hull, the facility comprising:

• a rotating single-point mooring system including a turret pivotally mounted in an opening and having a shaft passing vertically through the hull of the floating vessel, which may be moored to the seabed and through which fluid transfer pipes pass towards the floating vessel, wherein
• the mooring system comprises devices for guiding the turret in the shaft and including axial bearing means and radial bearing means, and
• the turret comprises
• an upper part which includes a rotating device for receiving and supporting incoming fluid transfer pipes, and
• an upper bearing having a smaller diameter than the shaft and inter-positioned between a head portion of the upper part of the turret, and a support structure connected to the hull of the floating vessel, the upper bearing of the turret being located above the rotating device for receiving and supporting incoming fluid transfer pipes.