Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Twin-hull offshore structure comprising an interconnecting central deck
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Application No.: US15021958Application Date: 2014-09-18
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Publication No.: US09950774B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Theodorus Johannes Bernardus Brinkel , Willem Cornelis Van Wijngaarden
- Applicant: SBM SCHIEDAM B.V.
- Applicant Address: CH Marly
- Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
- Current Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marly
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: EP13184955 20130918
- International Application: PCT/NL2014/050640 WO 20140918
- International Announcement: WO2015/041526 WO 20150326
- Main IPC: B63B35/44
- IPC: B63B35/44 ; B63B1/12 ; B63B9/06 ; B63B21/50 ; E21B19/00 ; B63B25/08 ; B63B1/06 ; B63B9/04 ; B63B25/12 ; B63B25/16

Abstract:
A floating hydrocarbon processing/storage structure with a first and second assembly, each including a hull having side walls, one or more storage tanks and a deck structure, a connection structure interconnecting the hulls, processing equipment situated on the deck structures, at least one riser connected to a subsea hydrocarbon well and to the processing equipment and/or storage tanks, with a mooring system connecting the processing/storage structure to the sea bed, each hull including a hull deck structure bridging the side walls, the connection structure including a central deck extending at or near the height of the hull deck structures along at least 70% of the length of the hulls, the central deck supporting at least one of: risers vertically extending from the central deck between the hulls to the sea bed, fluid ducts horizontally supported on the central deck, and at least one drilling/work-over rig or crane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160221647A1 TWIN-HULL OFFSHORE STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN INTERCONNECTING CENTRAL DECK Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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