A FLOATING STORAGE SYSTEM FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUCED FROM OFFSHORE WELLS

A floating storage system for oil and gas produced from offshore wells includes a floating storage vessel having a ship-shaped hull and moored to a buoy so that it is free to pivot through 360 deg. The mooring buoy is anchored to the sea bottom and connected to the well by a flow line which extends into a gas-liquid separator in the buoy. The separated oil flows through a swivel joint to the storage vessel, and the separated gas passes to a flare stack extending vertically from the swivel joint.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • U.S. Patent Classification: C1.9/8.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mobil Oil Corporation

  Paulsboro, NJ  United States  08066
• Authors:
  • Rupp, L A
• Publication Date: 1971-1-26

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Spm buoy storage
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056571
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM