EP0941200A4 - Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel

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Publication number
EP0941200A4
EP0941200A4 EP97948358A EP97948358A EP0941200A4 EP 0941200 A4 EP0941200 A4 EP 0941200A4 EP 97948358 A EP97948358 A EP 97948358A EP 97948358 A EP97948358 A EP 97948358A EP 0941200 A4 EP0941200 A4 EP 0941200A4
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Prior art keywords
disconnecting
floating vessel
multiple risers
retrieving multiple
risers attached
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EP97948358A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0941200A1 (en
EP0941200B1 (en
Inventor
Terry L Boatman
Ron L Kelm
Brent A Salyer
Jerry L Mccollum
Charles O Etheridge
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FMC Corp
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FMC Corp
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/507—Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers with mooring turrets
    • 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 
    • 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
    • B63B22/023—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel and for transferring fluids, e.g. liquids submerged when not in use
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/04—Fixations or other anchoring arrangements
    • 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
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/01—Risers
    • E21B17/015—Non-vertical risers, e.g. articulated or catenary-type
    • 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
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/002—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E21B19/004—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling supporting a riser from a drilling or production platform
    • 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
    • E21B43/0107—Connecting of flow lines to offshore structures

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
EP97948358A 1996-12-08 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel Expired - Lifetime EP0941200B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US3366896P 1996-12-08 1996-12-08
US33668P 1996-12-08
PCT/US1997/021061 WO1998024686A1 (en) 1996-12-08 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel
OA9900129A OA11127A (en) 1996-12-08 1999-06-16 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel

Publications (3)

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EP0941200A1 EP0941200A1 (en) 1999-09-15
EP0941200A4 true EP0941200A4 (en) 1999-11-17
EP0941200B1 EP0941200B1 (en) 2002-05-02

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EP97948358A Expired - Lifetime EP0941200B1 (en) 1996-12-08 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for disconnecting and retrieving multiple risers attached to a floating vessel

Country Status (8)

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EP (1) EP0941200B1 (en)
AU (1) AU714622B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9713731A (en)
CA (1) CA2282696A1 (en)
DK (1) DK0941200T3 (en)
NO (1) NO992911L (en)
OA (1) OA11127A (en)
WO (1) WO1998024686A1 (en)

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US7770532B2 (en) * 2007-06-12 2010-08-10 Single Buoy Moorings, Inc. Disconnectable riser-mooring system
NO20074115L (en) * 2007-08-09 2009-02-10 Statoilhydro Asa Mooring system for a floating offshore installation
GB2481787A (en) 2010-06-29 2012-01-11 Subsea 7 Ltd A method and apparatus for installing a buoy to an anchoring location
US8967912B2 (en) 2010-06-29 2015-03-03 Subsea 7 Limited Method of installing a buoy and apparatus for tensioning a buoy to an anchoring location
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US3950806A (en) * 1973-06-27 1976-04-20 Puchois Gilbert F Mooring buoy
US4478586A (en) * 1982-06-22 1984-10-23 Mobil Oil Corporation Buoyed moonpool plug for disconnecting a flexible flowline from a process vessel
US5275510A (en) * 1992-01-16 1994-01-04 Jacob De Baan Offshore tanker loading system

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US3366896A (en) 1966-04-08 1968-01-30 Army Usa Microwave magneto-acoustic delay line
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US3950806A (en) * 1973-06-27 1976-04-20 Puchois Gilbert F Mooring buoy
US4478586A (en) * 1982-06-22 1984-10-23 Mobil Oil Corporation Buoyed moonpool plug for disconnecting a flexible flowline from a process vessel
US5275510A (en) * 1992-01-16 1994-01-04 Jacob De Baan Offshore tanker loading system

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO9824686A1 *

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OA11127A (en) 2003-04-17
DK0941200T3 (en) 2003-04-14
NO992911L (en) 1999-08-09
BR9713731A (en) 2000-01-25
NO992911D0 (en) 1999-06-15
EP0941200A1 (en) 1999-09-15
EP0941200B1 (en) 2002-05-02
AU714622B2 (en) 2000-01-06
WO1998024686A1 (en) 1998-06-11
CA2282696A1 (en) 1998-06-11
AU5444498A (en) 1998-06-29

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