CA2225101A1 - A rotating connector for operative connection between a buoy and a floating vessel for the production of hydrocarbons - Google Patents

A rotating connector for operative connection between a buoy and a floating vessel for the production of hydrocarbons

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CA2225101A1
CA2225101A1 CA002225101A CA2225101A CA2225101A1 CA 2225101 A1 CA2225101 A1 CA 2225101A1 CA 002225101 A CA002225101 A CA 002225101A CA 2225101 A CA2225101 A CA 2225101A CA 2225101 A1 CA2225101 A1 CA 2225101A1
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buoy
swivel
hydrocarbons
production
members
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CA002225101A
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CA2225101C (en
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Steinar Midttveit
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Equinor Energy AS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/02—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel
    • B63B22/021—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel and for transferring fluids, e.g. liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/24—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of pipe-lines
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L39/00—Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
    • F16L39/06—Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies of the multiline swivel type, e.g. comprising a plurality of axially mounted modules
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/02—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel
    • B63B2022/028—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel submerged, e.g. fitting into ship-borne counterpart with or without rotatable turret, or being releasably connected to moored vessel

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Quick-Acting Or Multi-Walled Pipe Joints (AREA)
  • Joints Allowing Movement (AREA)

Abstract

A rotating connector or coupling device for interconnection between at least one fluid passage (9) through a submerged buoy (1, 2) and a pipe system on a floating vessel for the production of hydrocarbons, comprising a pair of cooperating, fluid-transferring swivel members in the form of a female member (3) and a male member (4) which may be introduced axially into or withdrawn from each other, the female member (4) being permanently fixed to the buoy (1, 2), and an electrohydraulic swivel (30) which is arranged on the top of the male swivel member (4) and comprises partly a slip-ring arrangement (37, 45) for the transfer of high electric power and electrical/optical control signals, and partly a number of hydraulic courses for the transfer of hydraulic signals.
The female and male swivel members (3, 4) include cup-like housing members (60, 61) which are insertable into each other and which, at their lower ends, have coupling discs (62, 63) with cooperating connector parts (81, 82; 83, 84) forming part of respective underwater couplers (72, 73), the housing members (60, 61) being arranged to be filled with water, for submerged operation of the underwater couplers (72, 73).
CA002225101A 1995-06-22 1996-06-19 A rotating connector for operative connection between a buoy and a floating vessel for the production of hydrocarbons Expired - Lifetime CA2225101C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NO952513A NO303004B1 (en) 1995-06-22 1995-06-22 Rotary coupler for operational coupling between a buoy and a floating vessel for hydrocarbon production
NO952513 1995-06-22
PCT/NO1996/000150 WO1997000806A1 (en) 1995-06-22 1996-06-19 A rotating connector for operative connection between a buoy and a floating vessel for the production of hydrocarbons

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CA2225101A1 true CA2225101A1 (en) 1997-01-09
CA2225101C CA2225101C (en) 2007-05-22

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2932567A4 (en) * 2012-12-13 2016-10-26 Flowocean Ltd Mooring buoy
CN113665739A (en) * 2021-09-16 2021-11-19 国家海洋局南海调查技术中心(国家海洋局南海浮标中心) Induction coupling system in submerged buoy, floating body system and floating ball quantity adjusting method

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2932567A4 (en) * 2012-12-13 2016-10-26 Flowocean Ltd Mooring buoy
CN113665739A (en) * 2021-09-16 2021-11-19 国家海洋局南海调查技术中心(国家海洋局南海浮标中心) Induction coupling system in submerged buoy, floating body system and floating ball quantity adjusting method

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