TECHNICAL S.P.M. DEVELOPMENTS AND CRUDE-TRANSFER SYSTEM DESIGN

A survey of present technology and future trends in single-point mooring buoys covers the second-generation design of an SPM by Woodfield Rochester Ltd.; changes contemplated for the third and fourth generation Woodfield buoys; the Tower Tanker Mooring (T.T.M.) developed by GEM-Hersent Offshore, and the more recent T.T.M.-B.L. for bow loading, fitted with an oscillating flow boom and loading pole to eliminate undersea hoses and floating hoses; the Exposed Location Single Buoy Mooring (E.L.S.B.M.) ordered fro the Shell/Esso Auk field in the North Sea from the I.H.C.-Holland Group in Rotterdam; and the SPAR unit, with a storage capacity of 300,000 bbl, to be installed by Shell in the Brent field.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Industrial Press Limited

  33-40 Bowling Green Lane
  London EC1R 0NE,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-6-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Petroleum Times
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 1963
  • Publisher: IPC Industrial Press Limited

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056557
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM