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7347156 Lower bearing assembly for disconnectable turret  
A turret mooring system for a vessel comprises a turret which is rotatably connected to the vessel and comprises a lower end, a buoy which is anchored to the sea floor and is releasably connectable...
7311055 Vessel with deep water transfer system  
A deep-water intake system includes a water intake duct ( 7 ) which is connected to a turret ( 4 ) of a turret-moored vessel ( 1 ). The turret ( 4 ) is used as a swivel for the large-diameter...
7299760 Floating LNG import terminal and method for docking  
A floating terminal for offloading an LNG carrier vessel in the sea. The floating terminal of open frame construction is moored toward its front end with a rotatable mooring arrangement so that the...
7225749 Turret mooring system for concrete hull vessel  
A turret mooring system for a vessel which includes a concrete hull and a moonpool which extends generally vertically through the hull comprises a turret which is positioned in the moonpool, an...
7179144 Off-shore mooring and fluid transfer system  
Apparatus for transferring cryogenic fluid from a first vessel ( 5 ) to a second vessel in an offshore environment. The apparatus includes a semi-submersible floating dock with variable buoyancy...
7172479 Offshore production system with drilling/workover rig  
An offshore hydrocarbon production system includes a vessel ( 12 ) with a turret ( 16 ), and a fluid swivel ( 50 ) on the turret that is connected to risers ( 41–43 ) that extend to the sea floor...
7063032 Upper bearing support assembly for internal turret  
A turret mooring system for a vessel which includes a moon pool comprises a turret which is positioned in the moon pool, a buoy and anchor chain assembly for anchoring the turret to the sea floor,...
6990917 Large diameter mooring turret with compliant deck and frame  
A very large diameter turret for mooring a VLCC class FPSO vessel. A large diameter rail and wheel bearing system is disposed between a turret main deck and the hull of the vessel. The turret is...
6932127 System for transferring oil from an offshore platform to a tanker  
A system for transferring oil from an offshore tanker to a platform. The system comprises at least one flexible hose ( 4 ) which is adapted to direct transfer of oil from a supply means ( 7-10 ) on...
6869325 Rotating tower system for transferring hydrocarbons to a ship  
A rotating tower system for transferring hydrocarbons to a ship, comprising a transfer structure extending from the bottom ( 3 ) of the ship ( 1 ) to the deck ( 4 ) thereof, the structure at its...
6854407 Method for constructing a very large turret mooring arrangement  
A method for constructing and installing a very large turret in a vessel without lifting the entire turret from a fabrication yard into the moonpool. According to a first alternative method, both...
6708639 Single point mooring with suspension turret  
An arrangement for suspending a Single Point Mooring Turret from its corresponding vessel, by transmitting a circumferentially uniform axial vertical load without moment through the interface of...
6698372 Turret mooring system and method for installation  
An improved turret for a turret mooring arrangement characterized by the turret including an upper section and a lower section which are coupled together by a flex joint. The turret mooring...
6655308 Passive stabilizer for floating petroleum-production systems  
The present invention relates to a passive stabilizer ( 3 ) which is installed in the lower part of a tanker used in floating production systems which make use of a mechanism which enables the...
6595154 Connection arrangement for spider buoy to connector  
Connection arrangements for a male probe and female receiver for selective connection of a spider buoy with a turret for mooring a vessel in offshore waters. A resilient member is provided in the...
6564740 Chain tensioning arrangement for turret moored vessel  
A single hoisting mechanism is positioned on a turret of either an external or an internal turret mooring system for a FSO or FPSO vessel and is releasably securable to each of a plurality of...
6543376 Module device for installation in a vessel, for receiving a submerged buoy or the like  
A device for installation in a floating vessel which is intended for receiving a buoy or a turret in a submerged receiving space at the bottom of the vessel. The device comprises a tubular body ( 5...
6484659 Chain table arrangement and method for installation  
A chain table for connecting mooring legs to a turret. The chain table includes downwardly sloping connection flanges with bosses for forming holes for pivoting members of a coupler assembly. The...
6477974 Radial bearing arrangement and method for installation  
A lower bearing arrangement between a turret of an FPU and a moonpool. The outer housing of the bearing is mounted about the turret instead of the FPU's hull structure. Bearing segments are...
6474252 Apparatus for positioning a vessel  
An apparatus for rotating a floating vessel such as a ship, around a cylindrical turret structure moored to the sea bottom. The vessel has a circumturret structure passing through the hull of the...
6439146 Mooring tube assembly with swivel mounted chain support  
A vessel with a mooring tube assembly with swivel mounted chain supports. The assembly includes a frame arranged and designed for support within a vertical opening of the vessel at its bow and/or...
6341572 Explosion prevention system for internal turret mooring system  
A method and apparatus for ensuring against explosion of the gaseous atmosphere of a closed chamber, such as the QDCD room of an internal turret of an offshore production and offloading buoy...
6315625 Keel mounted turret  
A vessel (1) includes a relatively small sized turret (2) located near keel level. The upper part (3) of the turret wall is located below a level halfway between deck level (12) and keel level (7)....
6314901 Method and an arrangement for mooring of a ship, particularly a ship for oil and/or gas production  
When mooring a production ship (10) above a submarine production well, minimum three (usually e.g. eight) anchor lines are used in the form of mooring chains (16b, 16a', 16b', 16c') each extending...
6302048 Swivel device  
A swivel device for a ship (10) equipped so as to serve as i.a. a production and/or a drilling ship by exploitation of submarine wells or reservoirs, respectively, containing oil and/or gas, where...
6269762 Vessel-turret assembly having radially guided bogie wheels  
A vessel-turret assembly with an opening (3) in the hull of the vessel wherein a turret (4) is rotatably received. The axial bearings (8) between the hull structure and the turret have a number of...
6263822 Radial elastomeric spring arrangement to compensate for hull deflection at main bearing of a mooring turret  
Elastomeric pads are arranged radially around the main bearing which rotatably supports a mooring turret with respect to a vessel. The elastomeric pads act as radial springs to react the radial...
6250243 Arrangement for turning a turret on a ship  
An arrangement for turning a turret on a ship comprises two slides that can glide along a flange arrangement being arranged on a rim of a turret. The slides are moveable by respective hydraulic...
6220787 Ship type floating oil production system  
A ship type floating oil production system for access to subsea wells through installation of surface wellheads on a ship type surface vessel on the sea comprises a cylindrical turret moored to a...
6200180 Mooring system for tanker vessels  
A mooring system for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) employs a vessel mounted rotatable turret and a single point mooring arrangement. The mooring arrangement includes a...
6199500 Device by ship for production/test production of oil/gas from a field below seabed level  
To permit use of a ship as production ship, among other things in conjunction with a so-called STL-buoy (30) and in test production without a buoy (30), and in which the ship (10) is formed with a...
6178910 Swivel drive arrangement  
The vessel including a hull and a cylindrical turret well, with a weathervane around a geostationary turret located in the turret well, and at least one swivel supported on the turret. The inner...
6176193 Vessel turret systems  
A turret system is installed on an existing vessel such as an oil tanker. A portion of the existing structure, such as the center splice, is removed to leave an opening. A support structure is...
6164233 Offshore turret with circle of bearing devices  
An offshore system is described, of the type that includes a turret (20) anchored to the sea floor and connected by at least an upper bearing assembly (34) to the vessel hull (14) so the hull can...
6155193 Vessel for use in the production and/or storage of hydrocarbons  
A vessel for use in the production and/or storage of hydrocarbons, including a receiving device having a downwardly open space for receiving and releasably securing a submerged buoy connected to at...
6138598 Method and means to direct an anchored floating structure against the direction of the waves in open sea  
6093068 Swivel torque tube arrangement  
An improved product transfer system is disclosed for a turret moored FPSO. A swivel stack torque tube is provided such that the swivel stack can be recessed below the manifold decks, but still...
6070548 Vessel having quick disconnect means, and disconnect means for use in such a vessel  
A vessel comprising at least one anchor line (15). Disconnect elements are attached to the anchor line for releasing the vessel from the sea bed. A first part of the disconnect element (16) is...
6059620 Arrangement for minimizing the explosion potential in moored turrets for hydrocarbon storage vessels  
An improved arrangement for connection of a disconnectable spider buoy to an internal turret of a floating production storage and off loading vessel is disclosed. Risers from subsea wells are...
6014939 Universally stable oil well ship turret  
A universally stable oil-well-ship turret (1) has a circumturret cylinder (2) with an inside periphery sufficiently greater than an outside periphery of a turret cylinder (7) to allow vertical...
5957076 Offshore turret upper bearing  
An offshore system is described, of the type that includes a turret (20) anchored to the sea floor and connected by at least an upper bearing assembly (34) to the vessel hull (14) so the hull can...
5957074 Mooring and riser system for use with turrent moored hydrocarbon production vessels  
A mooring and riser system for use with hydrocarbon production vessels includes a turret mooring system in which the mooring lines are grouped such as to have open sectors therebetween. Included in...
5941746 Vessel with a disconnectable riser supporting buoy  
The invention relates to a vessel which is attached to the sea floor by at least one anchor line. A riser support buoy (9) is releasably connected to the vessel. The anchor line or anchor lines are...
5913279 Bearing arrangement for limiting deflection of a turret of a turret mooring device  
A turret mooring device includes a vessel carrying a turret, the turret being connected to the hull of the vessel by an upper and a lower bearing arrangement, the turret being provided with devices...
5893784 Bearing support structure for a turret in mooring system and method for its installation  
A bearing support structure is disclosed for a turret (10A) mounted for rotation within a well (50A) of a moored vessel. The bearing support structure has a turret bearing assembly (900A) which may...
5893334 Method and apparatus for mooring floating storage vessels  
A system for mooring a floating storage vessel (10) in the open sea for remaining on station at all times without any disconnection of the vessel (10) from the mooring system. The mooring system...
5873322 Engine start system for a small boat  
A small watercraft includes a hull. A rider area that accommodates at least one rider is provided at least in part by said hull. An engine is carried by the hull and drives a propulsion unit for...
5860840 Disconnectable turret mooring system utilizing a spider buoy  
A disconnectable vessel mooring system including a storage vessel (10) with a turret (32) mounted therein so that the vessel is free to weathervane about an anchored turret. A spider buoy (44) in a...
5857808 Limited rotation riser connection system  
The connection between a surface terminus for subsea production risers and a surface collection vessel is facilitated by a connection which utilizes slack loop flexible jumper hoses between the...
5850800 Bogie wheels with curved contact surfaces  
The invention relates to a vessel having a turret which is rotatingly mounted within a turret wall. The turret is supported by means of a number of axial bogie wheels. The bogie wheels have a...
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