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7520235 Device for the extraction of a submerged rope used to moor a boat  
A device for the extraction of a submerged rope used to moor a boat, includes a rigid bar having joined thereto: a rope, the lower end of which is solidly connected to a mooring post; a water hose...
7470163 Combined riser, offloading and mooring system  
A combined riser, offloading and mooring system is provided for the offloading of hydrocarbons from a floating production vessel (FPV), onto a tanker. The system preferably includes an offloading...
7451718 Mooring arrangement with bearing isolation ring  
Apparatus for mooring a vessel to the seabed comprising a turret that is connected to the vessel for rotation about a vertical axis defined thereby and axial/radial bearing structure that can...
7438616 Mooring buoy cover  
A protective cover fits over assorted marine mooring buoys and protects a boat or other such vessel against impact and abrasion from the mooring buoy. The mooring buoy cover is constructed from...
7431622 Floating berth system and method  
A berthing facility and method of docking a maritime vessel that features greatly improved stability and is suitable at a wide range of depths. The floating berth is made up of a plurality of buoy...
7426897 Mooring apparatus  
The present invention relates to apparatus for mooring a floating vessel in open sea, using a semi submersible floating dock. The apparatus is particularly suitable for tankers carrying liquid...
7383785 Mooring system for watercraft  
A mooring system comprising a dock attachment line, a submerging member, a submerged sea anchoring line, a second submerging member and a plurality of craft attachment assemblies. The dock...
7322308 Mooring apparatus with moveable ballast weight  
A mooring apparatus for mooring first and second vessels, ( 1, 7 ) together in a heavy seaway ofFshore is described. The apparatus is for tandem mooring using soft yoke technology. The apparatus...
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...
7287484 Berthing method and system  
A method and a system are provided for the safe berthing of marine vessels in the high seas and other unprotected open waters. The invention allows a large vessel to be berthed alongside in close...
7270066 Ice breaker (variants), method and system for single-support mooring and servicing ships  
To ensure the possibility of offshore shipping of a liquid medium, primarily oil, from an onshore tank farm into sea-going tankers in the winter time in the ice conditions by ensuring both mooring...
7080673 Quick LNG offloading  
A system of the type wherein LNG from a tanker ( 30 ) is offloaded to a moored vessel ( 16 ), which has a regas unit ( 36 ) which heats the LNG to transform it into gaseous hydrocarbons, and which...
7044817 Anchoring system  
Anchoring system to hold a vessel anchored during loading or unloading, which vessel can be connected to or from the anchoring system in a similar way under all operating conditions without...
7021230 Floatable dock mooring article  
A floating dock mooring article, which slidably fits around a watercraft dock pipe, comprising a flotation device attached to a mooring member and a flange generally located at the upper end...
7013824 Keel joint centralizer  
A riser centralizer for transferring lateral loads from the riser to a platform hull includes a keel centralizer mounted on a keel joint. The keel centralizer is received within a keel guide sleeve...
7001234 Marine riser system  
This invention relates to a marine riser system for transferring fluid between a plurality of mutually separated locations on the seabed and a vessel ( 1 ) on the surface of the sea. The riser...
6973948 Gas offloading system  
A system is described for offloading LNG (liquified natural gas) from a tanker for eventual delivery to an onshore gas distribution station. The system includes a floating structure that floats at...
6955574 Shackle pocket buoy  
A buoy for tethering a vessel has a pocket that retains a fastening device below an outer surface of the buoy to protect the vessel from contact by the fastening device. A method of manufacturing...
6836707 Methods and systems for determining heave and heave rate of vessels  
A method for determining heave and heave rate for a vessel is described. The vessel includes an inertial navigation system (INS), and sensors for the INS being located at a point A of the vessel,...
6782950 Control wellhead buoy  
The present invention relates to a subsea system for the production of hydrocarbon reserves. More specifically, the present invention relates to a control wellhead bouy that is used in deepwater...
6763862 Submerged flowline termination at a single point mooring buoy  
A submerged connection assembly for connecting an end of a pipeline to a flexible hose that runs to a SPM buoy including an elastic suspension arrangement between the SPM buoy and the connection...
6736082 Method and system for connecting an underwater buoy to a vessel  
Procedure for retrieving an insertion of an underwater buoy ( 12, 50 ) in a well ( 11 ) at the bottom of a dynamically positioned vessel ( 10 ), at which a pulling line ( 16, 34 ) for...
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...
6571723 System for mooring a tanker near an offshore floating unit  
A system for anchoring of a tanker near an offshore production unit ( 1 ) which is anchored by means of a number of anchor lines ( 2, 14 ) and associated anchors, and from which a tanker ( 3 ) in...
6561112 System and method for a motion compensated moon pool submerged platform  
A moon pool platform containment system is disclosed for a vessel comprising a first moon pool having a width, length, and depth, to aid in stabilizing moon pool platform motion to achieve a motion...
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...
6503112 Catenary anchor leg mooring buoy  
A catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoy of modular construction comprises an open framework and at least one replaceable buoyancy module. The buoyancy module is mounted to the framework. The CALM...
6488554 Mooring device  
A vertical, flexible, fiberglass pole extending vertically upward from a mooring buoy, the pole having a resilient line holder attached near to the top of the pole. Reflective tape is applied to...
6394154 Transfer pipe system  
The transfer system includes two generally vertically oriented duct sections which are placed at an angle with the vertical. These two sections are connected to a substantially horizontal third...
6347598 Uplift spring assembly to compensate for hull deflection at main bearing of a mooring turret  
An uplift spring assembly to compensate for hull deflection at a main bearing of a mooring turret is disclosed. Elastomeric pads are used to react turret uplift because of their properties of large...
6338505 Fluid swivel for oil production vessels and tanker vessels  
A fluid swivel permitting a large number of revolutions, such as 20, and permitting a large number of fluid, power, and signal paths. The swivel is leak proof and capable of resisting large...
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...
6244920 Mooring assembly for mooring a body, floating on a water mass  
Starting from a mooring assembly with a fixed mooring point and the combination of at least one rigid arm which, in the moored position, lies above the water surface, a rigid connecting element...
6195057 Submarine antenna assembly for deployment through ice layer  
A submarine antenna assembly comprises a tubular body having a removable end cap, a mast stowable in the body and extendible therefrom and having elements mounted thereon, a penetrator stowable in...
6170424 Production/platform mooring configuration  
A mooring system provides a bridle having a star-like shape that is useful for mooring a single vessel or for mooring two or more vessels relative to one another. In general, the mooring system...
6132144 Passive anchor latch  
A passive anchor latching mechanism which allows its user to attach a moog line to an anchor without using a secondary mechanism such as a remotely operated vehicle to attach the cable or anchor...
6085628 Buoyant rope  
A rope assembly comprises a central rope, which may be composed of nylon, a plurality of flotation elements of closed cell form and buffer elements of open cell form which are disposed between and...
6082283 Marine mooring system  
5997374 Vessel securing system  
A system is provided for securing a vessel (24) such as a tanker to a moored body (12) that is moored to the sea floor, which enables the vessel to remain secured in more severe weather. In...
5944448 Oil field installation with mooring and flowline system  
A seabed flowline is connected to a substantially conventional tanker serving as a floating storage facility by a system comprising a three-leg mooring and a flexible riser. The mooring comprises...
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...
5855178 Taut leg mooring system  
A taut leg bow mooring system includes an anchor positionable on the floor of the sea. A riser line is normally secured to and extends upwardly from the anchor, and a submerged buoy is secured to...
5716249 Mooring means  
A mooring system comprises a sheave (12) adapted to be mounted to a base (11) which is located on the sea bed. In one embodiment, a cable (13) received in the sheave (12) is connected at one end to...
5690047 Buoyant anchorage mechanism  
A sea anchor may be lifted from the sea bottom by remotely inflating an inflatable float connected to the anchor. The inflated float provides a buoyant lift force that automatically lifts the...
5647295 Apparatus for mooring a vessel to a submerged mooring element  
A system for mooring oil transport, production, and drilling vessels in sea ice in the Arctic. The mooring system combines a submerged buoyant element structurally connected, for vertical movement,...
5505646 Floating unit-buoyant body assembly  
A mooring buoy comprising a body with buoyancy, which body is rotatable with respect to a turntable. Elements are provided for connecting the buoy to catenary anchor lines with a seabed as well as...
5501625 Floating terminal  
The Floating Terminal is designed to facilitate transshipment of cargo between large (deepwater) ships and small shallow water (shuttle) ships. The main innovations are in the mooring and fendering...
5456622 Method and system for connecting a loading buoy to a floating vessel  
A method and a system for connecting a submerged loading/unloading buoy to a submerged receiving space in a floating vessel for transfer of oil to or from the vessel. The buoy is anchored to the...
5445103 Anchor drift indicator  
An anchor drift warning system includes an anchor indicating buoy and a reference buoy. Each buoy includes a floating housing, a light, a battery, solar powered battery recharger, and a spool....
5427046 Subsea conduit structure  
A subsea conduit structure comprising a buoyant column and a conduit which is supported by the buoyant column. The buoyant column is connected to the seabed through an articulation provided near...
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