AN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING A FLUID OFFSHORE

An apparatus for handling a fluid offshore comprises a fixed offshore structure supported from the bottom of a body of water and having an L-shape to define an area at the inner side of the L, a barge floating on the body of water and moored to the structure within the area, at least one riser supported by the structure and connected with a fluid below the water, and a conduit connecting the riser with the barge and including a means for accommodating motion of the barge relative to the structure.

• Corporate Authors:

  Lummus Company

  Bloomfield, NJ  United States 
• Publication Date: 1969-12-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Spm tower structures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056640
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM