NORTH SEA DUE NEW-DESIGN LOADING BUOYS

Shell Internationale Petroleum Mij. B.V. has ordered two loading buoys from I.H.C.-Holland for installation by Shell U.K. Exploration & Production Ltd. in the U.K. sector of the North Sea in the summer of 1973. The semisubmersible, column-stabilized structures, which will afford minimum response to roll and heave, are expected to reduce the risk of damage to submarine lines between the buoy and the pipeline manifold. The units, designated as exposed-location single-buoy moorings, will transfer crude oil to tankers through a string of hose normally coiled on a reel located on the superstructure, which rotates horizontally; bow-moored tankers can rotate through a full 360 deg. The oil hose is partly unreeled during loading and suspends freely from the reel to the tanker. A counterweight moving in the central shaft of the substructure keeps the hose in equilibrium.

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  Petroleum Publishing Company

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• Publication Date: 1973-6-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 42
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 23
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hoses; Liquid cargo handling; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil transfer equipment; Spm hoses and handling; Spm tower structures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056548
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM