A SINGLE-POINT MOORING AND LOADING SYSTEM

A single-point mooring and loading system, especially from submerged crude oil or natural gas accumulation tank, includes a floating terminal, a loading boom pivotally mounted on the terminal at one end, provided with a flotation tank at the other, and consisting of a pair of legs which coverge at the flotation tank; a fluid path from the terminal to one of the legs; a loading hose attached to the outer end of the leg; and a device for mooring a vessel on the flotation tank. The second leg of the loading boom may be used to store the hose.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 32 Z F F CE Z
• Corporate Authors:

  Mobil Oil Corporation

  Paulsboro, NJ  United States  08066
• Authors:
  • Manning, W F
• Publication Date: 1969-11-25

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: 00056633
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM