WORLD'S LARGEST SINGLE POINT MOORING TERMINALS: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SALM SYSTEM FOR 750,000 DWT TANKERS
This paper discusses the design, fabrication and installation of two identical Single Anchor Leg Mooring (SALM) terminals which serve as crude oil export terminals. Both are designed to safely moor and load tankers as large as 750,000 DWT in environmental conditions that will be occasionally severe. The determination of mooring forces via calculation and model tests and the design and fabrication of the components which transfer these loads will be discussed. Of particular interest is the design and fabrication of the "heart" of the systems, the fluid swivel assemblies which include several innovative features with respect to operation and maintenance. These fluid swivels are the largest ever built for SPM applications and are designed to transfer crude oil and bunker fuel oil simultaneously and to absolutely preclude the possibility of commingling of the two fluids. Model tests that were conducted on the fluid swivel/loading hose system will be discussed.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Presented at the 9th Annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, May 2-5, 1977.
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Corporate Authors:
American Institute of Mining, Mettalurgy & Petroleum Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY United States 10017 -
Authors:
- Gruy, R H
- Kiely, W L
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 159-168
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Anchoring; Dynamic loads; Mooring; Mooring cables; Moorings; Offshore terminals; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings; Tankers; Waves
- Old TRIS Terms: Oil terminals; Salm; Wave effects
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00167636
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: V2, OTC 2826 Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM