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WO/2002/070337A1 |
A buoy has an upper float 1 and a lower stabilizer 2 depending from the base 3 of the float 1. The stabilizer 2 preferably comprises a plurality of vertical plates 4 and is configured to increase pitch inertia whilst having minimal effec...
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WO/2002/060750A1 |
The invention relates to a hydrocarbon transfer system (1) in which a floating construction (2) such as a FPSO is connected to an offloading buoy (3) via a submerged offloading pipeline (10). The motions of the buoy are de-coupled form t...
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WO/2002/055378A1 |
A surface marker buoy apparatus (1) is provided for use in diving and in particular for use in assisting a diver during his ascent. The apparatus comprises an inflatable buoy (2) which can be inflated when requiered to float and can be f...
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WO/2002/042047A2 |
A ribbed module (10), security sign and security barrier (192) submergence system (100) to buoy and submerge structures for use with a module (10) having a buoyant structure so that a single module or a plurality of modules nested togeth...
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WO/2002/036424A1 |
The invention relates to a provisioning and assistance buoy consisting of a float signaling the position in which water activities are being carried out and also comprising a series of watertight, independent compartments in which solids...
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WO/2002/034616A1 |
The invention relates to floating mooring construction (1) comprising a vessel (2) having a hull (35) with a cavity (9) for receiving a mooring buoy (8) carrying at least one flowline (13), and a pulling device (22, 24) connected to the ...
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WO/2002/010016A1 |
An arrangement for providing fluid communication between an offshore hydrocarbon production and/or storage facility (14) and an offshore loading system such as a CALM buoy (16) is disclosed. A pipeline (12) from a FPSO or production plat...
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WO/2001/096771A1 |
A method for providing a pipeline connection between two points at sea is described. A pipeline (1) floating in the sea is suspended between two spaced-apart points of support (3, 4) in the sea by means of a torque-free connection and is...
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WO/2001/089919A1 |
A mechanism for releasable locking of an element in relation to a base, especially for the locking of a buoy (2) in a downwardly open receiving space (3) in a floating vessel. The mechanism comprises a rotatably mounted locking arm (6) w...
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WO/2001/083291A1 |
The invention concerns a device for transferring a fluid between at least two floating supports, comprising a rigid hollow transport line (1) immersed with a cable suspension system in the sea, flexible linking means (10) linking each en...
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WO/2001/081169A1 |
A stablilising means for a submersible vehicle (40) wherein the submersible vehicle (40) has a body portion (52) which has a positive buoyancy, and a clump weight (44) which is connected to the body portion (52) by a connection means. Th...
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WO2000052293A9 |
A method and apparatus for ensuring against explosion of the gaseous atmosphere of a closed chamber, such as the QDCD room (24) of an internal turret (14) of an offshore production and offloading buoy (12) wherein the chamber has product...
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WO/2001/064506A1 |
An underwater object location device (10) which comprises a buoyant marker (12), a flexible connecting member (14) and a releasable securing means (34). The flexible connecting member (14) is secured at a first end to an underwater objec...
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WO/2001/058749A1 |
The invention relates to a method and a means for offshore loading of hydrocarbons from a stationary loading station (1) to a dynamically positioned vessel (2) which during the loading is rotated according to the prevailing wave directio...
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WO/2001/059863A2 |
The invention relates to fuel cells (14, 22, 42) which are operated with damp operating gases (4, 53). Condensed water (6, 5, 54) condenses out as the operating gas flows from the damping device (3) to the fuel cell block (1, 21, 41). Th...
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WO/2001/051345A1 |
A mooring system including a body/arm/vessel arrangement with passive damping and/or an active force restoring system. The active force restoring system includes a sensor (22) for generating a displacement signal representative of the di...
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WO/2001/047768A1 |
A system for supplying cooling water to a process on board a floating vessel for the production of hydrocarbons, wherein the vessel (1) is anchored by means of a bottom-anchored turning unit (20) mounted in a receiving space (7) in the h...
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WO/2001/047767A1 |
A multi-purpose buoy capable of preventing an anchor cable anchoring the buoy and various types of data transmission cables from being broken by remarkably reducing loads applied thereon by tidal currents and ocean waves and facilitating...
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WO/2001/023253A1 |
The invention relates to a landing stage for an offshore wind-driven power plant with a docking site (28) for ships (30), a landing pad (25) for a helicopter (26) and a common bridge (32) leading from the docking site and the landing sit...
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WO/2001/021474A1 |
A system is described which achieves the suspension of a longline at the desired depth from the sea bottom or sea surface which can be also used for marking a sea zone. It consists of a base (6), a head (11) and a fishing line (10) which...
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WO/2000/078599A1 |
Apparatus (10) for connecting a chain (4, 8) to the non-rotatable part (2) of a single point mooring structure which defines a first axis (V) about which the rotatable part (1) of the structure can rotate (said apparatus), comprising a s...
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WO/2000/073133A1 |
A catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoy of modular construction comprises an open framework (1) and at least one replaceable buoyancy module (3). The buoyancy module is mounted to the framework. The CALM buoy also comprises mooring mea...
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WO/2000/064732A1 |
System for transferring fluids between a floating installation (10) and a tanker (30), wherein the floating installation is permanently moored (31, 32) to the seabed (1), and comprising a buoy (20) being moored (21A, 21B) to the seabed a...
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WO/2000/063067A1 |
The disclosure relates to a floating structure (1), such as a mooring buoy, being moored to the seabed (2) via anchor lines (3, 4) that comprise an anchor line section (9, 10) which is stretchable in its length direction, such as a polye...
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WO/2000/041942A1 |
A cooler chest (20) is mounted into a lower container (90) which allows the chest to float without tendency for upending or taking on water. The lower container (90) provides openings (142, 144) for resting items such as drink cans and c...
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WO/2000/038974A1 |
The present invention is relative to a telecommanded device to disengage buoys and transponders that are positioned on submarine pipelines during their laying. At present in fact such buoys are positioned on the pipe in pre established p...
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WO/2000/030927A1 |
A submersible pontoon or marina (14) which can be sunk to be preserved from damaging environmental conditions and raised again to its floating condition when desired. Inflatable buoyancy chambers can be selectively opened to let in water...
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WO/2000/030929A1 |
The present invention relates to a device support for probes and instruments used in under-water measuring techniques. According to this invention, a submersible housing (1) contains the components of an electronic unit (4), of a control...
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WO/2000/031372A1 |
A mid-water tethered buoyant support assembly for a riser system for use in water is described to bring fluids from seabed equipment to a production vessel at the surface. The tethered buoyant support assembly comprises at least two teth...
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WO/2000/029282A1 |
A method and a device for anchoring a water-buoyant buoy on a seabed comprise the use of a water-permeable container that has a filling neck whose length exceeds the depth of the water at the chosen site of the anchorage device. The cont...
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WO/2000/021825A1 |
A loading buoy for the transfer of hydrocarbon fluids to a floating vessel (10) via a loading hose (9) floating in the sea, comprises a bottom-anchored main unit (13) having one or more through-going passages for connection of risers (8)...
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WO/2000/009390A1 |
A buoy drilling anchoring system (10) including a retrievable buoy anchoring drilling device (20) and at least one anchorable marker buoy assembly anchorable into the earth's surface underwater. The retrievable buoy anchoring drilling de...
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WO/1999/064292A1 |
The invention relates to a loading arrangement comprising a riser (10) that extends from a subsea structure to a coupling element for coupling the riser to a vessel. The coupling element comprises a buoy body (7) which is connected to a ...
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WO/1999/062762A1 |
The invention relates to a transfer system for transfer of fluids, such as hydrocarbons between two floating structures. The transfer system of the present invention comprises two generally vertically oriented duct sections (11, 13) whic...
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WO/1999/057008A1 |
A system is provided for securing a vessel (24) such as a tanker to a moored body (12) that is moored to the sea floor, which enables the vessel to remain secured in more severe weather. In addition to the deployed length (27) of securin...
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WO/1999/054197A1 |
In certain offshore locations, for example off the West Coast of Africa, FPSO facilities provide an offloading facility to receive and load produced crude oil onto shuttle tankers. In such arrangements FPSO facilities use spread moored t...
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WO/1999/052764A1 |
A device for installation in a floating vessel which is intended for receiving a buoy or a turret in a submerged receiving space at the bottom of the vessel. The device comprises a tubular body (5) dimensioned for installation in a shaft...
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WO/1999/050526A1 |
A system for producing hydrocarbons from a subsea well comprises an unmanned floating platform (20) positioned over the well, the platform including equipment for inserting coiled tubing or wireline tools or the like into the well for se...
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WO/1999/050675A1 |
The invention concerns a method which consists in using a sensor (2) lighter than the water released from a platform (1), wherein are measured and recorded within the sensor (2), throughout the surfacing trajectory thereof, a) the succes...
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WO/1999/041142A1 |
An offshore hydrocarbon production system includes a spar (34, 52, 214) that floats at the sea surface, a subsea buoy (26, 154, 200, 210) lying under the spar and hanging from it, and one or more risers (20, 174, 220) that extend up to t...
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WO/1999/035513A2 |
A submarine exploration system comprising at least one submarine assembly having (3) at least one signal detector; and a buoy (5) connected to said submarine assembly, said buoy having wireless communications means for transmitting said ...
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WO/1999/028181A1 |
The invention relates to a vessel comprising a hull (1) and a cylindrical turret well (3). The vessel can weathervane around a geostationary turret (4) located in the turret well. At least one swivel (7) is supported on the turret. Accor...
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WO/1999/021754A1 |
The invention relates to a vessel comprising a swivel assembly wherein each swivel is individually connected to a support structure. As the swivels (10, 11, 12) are not interconnected in a weight-bearing manner, they can easily be remove...
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WO/1999/010228A1 |
An anchoring or mooring system in which heavy weights (15) made from steel, lead or other heavy materials are placed inside prismatic hollow stakes (14) formed as piles embedded into the seabed or hollow stakes (70) supported by a struct...
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WO/1999/001338A1 |
A depth control device (1) for a subsmersible body comprises a depth monitor (5) and depth controller (6). A variable volume buoyant body operates under the control of the depth controller and comprises three chambers, the first (10) con...
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WO/1998/056650A1 |
The invention relates to a vessel (1) comprising a relatively small sized turret (2) located near keel level. The upper part (3) of the turret wall is located below a level halfway between deck level (12) and keel level (7). Via a relati...
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WO/1998/051959A1 |
A method is described for propelling a pig (9) along an air-filled underwater pipeline (1) comprising the steps of opening a pipeline inlet (3) to permit entry of water to the pipeline means at a pressure corresponding generally to the a...
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WO/1998/047483A1 |
The invention relates to throat drops, suitable for the relief of cough and cold like symptoms, comprising a cooling composition and a warming composition in distinct and discrete regions thereof, the cooling and warming compositions bei...
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WO/1998/046477A1 |
A two-part vessel for use in oil transport in waters where ice may occur comprises a first part in the form of a barge part (41) containing a number of loading tanks (14) and having a bow portion (43) having a submerged receiving space (...
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WO/1998/045169A1 |
Buoy (3) incorporates a release mechanism (5) that permits buoy (3) to be submersed and subsequently automatically released to ascend to the surface. Mechanism (5) includes cap (16) which hermetically seals a space (8) within which relea...
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