MONOBUOY SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR U.S. FIRST SUPERPORT

As a first step toward meeting the energy problem, the report recommends construction of a monobuoy type installation for the proposed superport to be built 30 miles offshore from Freeport, Texas. Two to six monobuoys would be located around a pumping platform. A hybridized version of the system is recommended which would involve construction of a monobuoy in a water depth of 60 feet with the capacity to expand to deeper water or alternatively to dredge around such a shallow buoy to obtain the 100 foot depth.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Trade Publications, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 269
  San Pedro, CA  United States  90733
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 19-21
• Serial:
  • World Dredging and Marine Construction
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: World Trade Publications Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Location; Mooring; Mooring buoys; Moorings; Offshore terminals; Petroleum terminals
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil terminals
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054845
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM