AN OFFSHORE MOORING AND LOADING INSTALLATION FOR TANKERS

An offshore mooring and loading installation for tankers comprises a mushroom-type anchor resting on the sea bottom and permitting the tanker to turn freely about it; a surface structure (e.g., a buoy or turret) integral with the anchor and having flexible transfer lines attached to it; fixed pipes extending along the bottom from the anchor to the shore; and at least one connecting line between the fixed pipes and the flexible lines, one end of the line being joined to the anchor and the other to the surface structure.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • French Patent No. 1,595,875, dated Dec. 2, 1968.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle

  26 rue de Leningrad
  Paris 8e,   France 
• Authors:
  • Mas, R
• Publication Date: 1970-7-24

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13202
• Serial:
  • Bulletin Officiel de la Propriete Industrielle
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 20
  • Publisher: Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056645
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM