GB2564117B - Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields - Google Patents

Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields Download PDF

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GB2564117B
GB2564117B GB1710668.3A GB201710668A GB2564117B GB 2564117 B GB2564117 B GB 2564117B GB 201710668 A GB201710668 A GB 201710668A GB 2564117 B GB2564117 B GB 2564117B
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Daasvatn Sigbjørn
Karunakaran Daniel
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Subsea 7 Norway AS
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Priority to US16/627,918 priority patent/US11421486B2/en
Priority to EP18745501.9A priority patent/EP3649042B1/en
Priority to BR112019027772-2A priority patent/BR112019027772B1/en
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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
    • B63B22/18—Buoys having means to control attitude or position, e.g. reaction surfaces or tether
    • B63B22/20—Ballast means
    • 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
    • E21B17/012—Risers with buoyancy elements
    • 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
    • E21B43/017—Production satellite stations, i.e. underwater installations comprising a plurality of satellite well heads connected to a central station
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B63B27/25—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of pipe-lines for fluidised bulk material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • 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
    • E21B19/22—Handling reeled pipe or rod units, e.g. flexible drilling pipes
    • 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
    • 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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GB1710668.3A GB2564117B (en) 2017-07-03 2017-07-03 Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields
BR112019027772-2A BR112019027772B1 (en) 2017-07-03 2018-07-03 SUBMARINE HYDROCARBONS EXPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPORTING HYDROCARBONS FLUIDS FROM A SEA BOTTOM LOCATION
US16/627,918 US11421486B2 (en) 2017-07-03 2018-07-03 Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields
EP18745501.9A EP3649042B1 (en) 2017-07-03 2018-07-03 Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields
AU2018296421A AU2018296421B2 (en) 2017-07-03 2018-07-03 Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields
PCT/EP2018/067980 WO2019007975A2 (en) 2017-07-03 2018-07-03 Offloading hydrocarbons from subsea fields

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US4321720A (en) * 1978-01-17 1982-03-30 Odd Havre Method of transferring a fluid from a station on the sea bed to a vessel, or vice-versa, and a means and a vessel for carrying out the method
US4436048A (en) * 1982-06-22 1984-03-13 Mobil Oil Corporation Rotary transfer subsystems and tensioning assemblies for a process vessel
US4547163A (en) * 1980-06-03 1985-10-15 Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.M.B.H. Oil transfer apparatus
US4650431A (en) * 1979-03-28 1987-03-17 Amtel, Inc Quick disconnect storage production terminal
US5657823A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-08-19 Kogure; Eiji Near surface disconnect riser
US20080056826A1 (en) * 2004-10-05 2008-03-06 Ange Luppi Device For Upper Connection Between Two Submarine Fluid Transporting Pipelines

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4321720A (en) * 1978-01-17 1982-03-30 Odd Havre Method of transferring a fluid from a station on the sea bed to a vessel, or vice-versa, and a means and a vessel for carrying out the method
US4650431A (en) * 1979-03-28 1987-03-17 Amtel, Inc Quick disconnect storage production terminal
US4547163A (en) * 1980-06-03 1985-10-15 Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.M.B.H. Oil transfer apparatus
US4436048A (en) * 1982-06-22 1984-03-13 Mobil Oil Corporation Rotary transfer subsystems and tensioning assemblies for a process vessel
US5657823A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-08-19 Kogure; Eiji Near surface disconnect riser
US20080056826A1 (en) * 2004-10-05 2008-03-06 Ange Luppi Device For Upper Connection Between Two Submarine Fluid Transporting Pipelines

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