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4468205 Apparatus for single point mooring  
A single point mooring apparatus especially adapted for securing large marine tanker vessels or subsea hydrocarbon well collection and storage barges in relatively shallow water is disclosed. The...
4459930 Riser and detachably coupled yoke mooring system  
A yoke mooring system pivoted on the forecastle of a vessel, such as a shuttle tanker, is detachably coupled to a riser which is attached to a base located on the ocean floor. The yoke mooring...
4429655 Single leg terminal  
A single leg mooring terminal is described, of the type which includes a riser extending up from the sea floor to moor a vessel, and a separate fluid conduit extending up from the sea floor to...
4406636 Single-point mooring systems  
A permanent single-point mooring arrangement for a floating unit comprises a buoy anchored to the seabed with anchor points and catenary shaped anchor lines, which are connected to a central shaft...
4396046 Buoy-to-yoke coupling system  
A mooring and fluid transfer system of the type which utilizes a yoke pivotally connected at its opposite ends to a ship and to a buoy, which enables the use of hard piping along the fluid conduit...
4372344 Ball and socket joint with fluid flow capability through the joint  
A ball and socket articulated connection in which the socket has an associated enclosed chamber for fluid transfer through the connection. A fluid conduit hole extends through the ball and a fluid...
4366838 Mooring assembly for coupling a submarine conduit to another conduit  
A mooring assembly connects a submarine conduit to another conduit of a pipe-line or fixed installation. The mooring assembly comprises a mooring frame, a movable mooring arm and a mooring head....
4359959 Device for mooring a floating installation to an anchored offshore installation  
The device is made up of a connecting arm provided with rollers which bears on a cylindrical portion of the outer wall of the anchored offshore installation. Belts encircling this installation and...
4326312 Single leg mooring terminal  
A single leg mooring terminal is described, of the type which includes a buoy assembly extending from the sea floor to the sea surface to moor a tanker vessel, and a separate fluid conduit...
4321720 Method of transferring a fluid from a station on the sea bed to a vessel, or vice-versa, and a means and a vessel for carrying out the method  
In order to transfer a fluid from a station on the sea bed for a vessel or vice versa, a discharging/loading buoy comprising coupling apparatus for fluid flow is placed in a submerged state and...
4318423 External flowline across a universal joint  
Apparatus by which a fluid can be transported through a conduit from a first body to a second body joined together by a universal joint comprising first and second fluid swivels positioned about...
4315408 Offshore liquified gas transfer system  
A hose assembly is described for use in the transference of cooled liquified gas to a vessel, in a system that requires the flexible hose to lie in the water. The hose assembly includes a flexible...
4310937 Mooring terminal with top mounted fluid swivel  
A mooring and cargo transfer terminal is described, of the type which includes a buoy held at a predetermined height above the seabed as by a single anchor leg, to moor a ship which can drift in...
4299262 Conduit bypass of articulated joint, such as at the base of an offshore column  
Apparatus by which a conduit, secured to two bodies which are connected together by an articulated joint, can bypass the joint. The articulated joint includes first and second pivots perpendicular...
4295237 Hose arm coupling for underwater fluid swivel  
An arrangement for connecting an underwater product distribution unit (PDU) to a hose that extends up to a ship, which is simple in construction and yet which enables the hose structure to apply...
4281611 System for mooring a ship, particularly an oil-tanker, to an off-shore tower or column  
A system for mooring a ship or like floating vessel, in particular, an oil-tanker, to an off-shore column, and for transferring a fluid cargo such as gas, petroleum oil or the like, by means of at...
4279047 Fluid transfer buoy  
A fluid transfer buoy is disclosed for transfer of fluids between a pipeline on the sea floor and a moored vessel through a swivel fluid transfer connection. The buoy includes a frame structure...
4273066 Oil storage vessel, mooring apparatus and oil delivery for the off-shore production of oil  
A method of delivering oil from an off-shore well to the shore is provided which comprises the steps of (a) supplying oil from the well to a floating storage vessel stationed close to the well; and...
4270611 Mooring station and transfer terminal for offshore hydrocarbon production  
A mooring station and transfer terminal for offshore hydrocarbon production comprises a watertight caisson topped by a rotatable arm which supports a pipe for loading oil tankers. The caisson...
4138751 Removable fluid swivel for mooring terminals  
For the purpose of mooring a vessel in deep water, as well as to load or discharge a fluid cargo from the vessel, mooring terminals consisting of a buoy anchored to the seabed or a column coupled...
4130076 Single point mooring apparatus  
A single point mooring apparatus for loading a tanker from a sub-sea source including surface and submerged flotation chambers connected by a hollow mooring line which has its lower end releasably...
4100752 Subsea riser system  
A subsea riser system for conducting petroleum or other fluid from the ocean floor to a floating loading and storage terminal or other facility at the water surface. The bottom end of the riser is...
4081872 Submerged self-stabilized cargo hose arm for a single point mooring system  
A single anchor leg mooring and tanker cargo transfer system has a base with an anchor leg pipe shaft having a horizontally swiveling housing thereon to which are attached vertically pivoting cargo...
4042990 Single point mooring terminal  
A single point mooring terminal or system which can be used for ship mooring and cargo transfer, which includes a spar type floating buoy combined with a tethered underwater buoy concentric to the...
4023517 Riser mooring system  
An improved method of and structure for mooring for example supertankers offshore which combines the mooring process and the connections of cargo transfer lines into one simple operation and...
4010500 Mooring terminal  
A mooring terminal for deep water mooring is provided having a mooring head to which ships can be attached while either receiving or unloading liquid products. The mooring head is constructed so...
3979785 Combined catenary and single anchor leg mooring system  
A combined catenary and single anchor leg mooring system capable of transferring cargo from vessels moored thereto includes an anchor hub suspended by a single anchor leg from a mooring buoy...
3969781 Mooring and cargo transfer system for difficult handling cargo  
A mooring and cargo handling system for difficult-to-handle cargo such as liquified natural gas (LNG), is provided, which includes a swivel unit mounted on a mooring station and having rotatably...
3945066 Single-point mooring systems  
A mooring buoy for tanker ships is provided with vertical flow channels through which fluids may be passed from an undersea pipeline to a buoy-to-ship hose. Inlets to the flow channels are provided...
3942204 Swivel arrangement for single anchor leg mooring buoy  
A single anchor leg type single point mooring and cargo transfer buoy has a load-carrying central shaft pipe for anchoring on the sea bottom and having a plurality of structurally segregated...
3934289 Marine fluid transfer apparatus  
An offshore marine terminal for mooring a tanker and transferring fluids between the tanker and an underwater manifold. The offshore marine terminal comprises a buoyant member having a first end...
3913157 SINGLE BUOY MOORING SYSTEM  
Apparatus anchored at an offshore location for loading or unloading fluids, such as oil, etc., from a ship, such as a tanker, while said ship is anchored to the apparatus. The apparatus has a long...
3908212 Buoy with associated mooring arrangement  
A buoy has a turntable that rotates on and relative to the buoy about a vertial axis. The turntable has at least one laterally extending rigid arm integral therewith and the arm at its other end is...
3894567 Offshore vessel mooring  
The invention relates to a ship's mooring of the single point type for an offshore location, including a liquid cargo loading facility. The mooring comprises a foundation member such as a pile or...
3883912 Submerged hose arm stabilizing means for single point mooring systems  
In a single anchor leg mooring system, the submerged hose arm pivotally connected to the upstanding fluid cargo pipe is provided with a buoyancy tank and ballast weight located substantially...
3880105 Drilling vessel and drilling vessel mooring system and method  
A drilling vessel and drilling vessel mooring system and method for maintaining a work area on the vessel over a selected subsurface location are disclosed. The vessel has a pressure center line...
3844240 BOW LIQUID CARGO HANDLING SYSTEM  
A tanker bow products line handling system is adapted for connection to a mooring products line floating in the water. The bow products line includes a vertical opening in the bow of the tanker and...
3840927 SWIVEL UNIT FOR MOORING AND CARGO TRANSFER SYSTEM  
A mooring and cargo handling system of high reliability and low cost is provided, which includes a chain or other tension device connecting the buoy to a mooring base at the sea floor, and a swivel...
3838718 MULTI-PRODUCT SWIVEL JOINT  
A multi-product fluid swivel assembly for handling more than one cargo flow at a time, for use in single anchor leg mooring systems where deballasting to shore is required, where bunkering is...
3782458 UPRIGHT, SWIVELABLE BUOYED CONDUIT FOR OFFSHORE SYSTEM  
The basic device of the invention includes a submerged, bottom supported ball joint having a conduit extending upwardly therefrom, a body of flotation material secured on the conduit above the...
3750723 SINGLE POINT MOORING SYSTEM  
A floating, rigid, tubular boom, pivotally connected to a submerged piling or buoy, provides self-contained mooring and fluid transport facilities for offshore servicing of cargo vessels in a...
3742536 OFFSHORE LOADING BUOY WITH HOSE REELING  
A floating offshore loading terminal has an upper rotary hull structure rotatably mounted on a moorable lower base structure with upper and lower fluid conduit systems communicating through a...
3735435 ROTARY HULL SINGLE BUOY OFFSHORE LOADING TERMINAL  
An outer buoyant rotary hull structure fixedly mounts an upper conduit system for rotation therewith. Flow communication is established between the lower end of the rotatable upper conduit system...
3708811 SINGLE ANCHOR LEG SINGLE POINT MOORING SYSTEM  
A single anchor leg single point mooring and cargo handling system for seagoing ships is provided which comprises a mooring buoy anchored to a mooring foundation by anchor means such as a chain...
3700014 APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING FLUID FROM AN UNDERWATER STORAGE UNIT TO A FLOATING VESSEL  
Apparatus for transferring fluid between an underwater storage unit and a floating vessel has a rigid elongated member with its lower end connected to the storage unit through a universal joint, a...
3675609 MOORING STRUCTURE  
A mooring structure particularly such a structure as will allow a single vessel to be moored thereto in open water and will accommodate surging movements of the vessel. The top of the mooring...
3660856 MOORING BUOY  
A mooring buoy for transferring fluids between a vessel and the shore comprises a buoy anchored to the bottom of the body of water on which it floats, and a turntable carried by the buoy. To...
3651525 ONE-POINT MOORING BUOY FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING SHIPS  
Single buoy mooring for (un)loading tankers comprising a floating body anchored to the seabottom, a ring arranged on top of the body in such a way that it is rotatable around a vertical axis...
3648311 ROTARY CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF MULTIPLE CONDUITS  
A rotary connector for connecting the ends of multiple conduits associated with buoys and analogous floating platforms for transporting flowable matter from ship to shore, and vice versa. A housing...
3641602 SINGLE ANCHOR LEG SINGLE POINT MOORING SYSTEM  
A single anchor leg single point mooring and cargo-handling system, primarily for tanker vessels, is provided which comprises a mooring buoy anchored to a mooring foundation by a single anchor leg,...
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