Floating support comprising a drum equipped with two buoys to which to fasten tethers and pipes connecting between the sea bed and the surface
US8449341B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B43/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An oil production floating support having a mooring device for mooring anchor lines anchoring to the bottom of the sea and bottom-to-surface connection pipes. The device has two mooring buoys having the anchor lines and the bottom-to-surface connection pipes moored respectively thereto. The said two mooring buoys being connectable and disconnectable to a turret under which they are fastened, independently of each other.
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