Single Buoy Moorings Inc.

Pieter Liem

Jean-Charles Rinaldi

Jean-Robert Fournier

Liva Christian Randrianarivony

Eric Sebellin

Florian Couget

A hydrocarbon transfer arrangement for transfer of fluids between an offshore unit and a carrier which are placed in an offloading configuration, includes at least one transfer hose and a gas return hose, wherein the end of the at least one transfer hose is connected to a floating multi-function unit allowing for the transport of the transfer hose between the offshore unit and the carrier, wherein the floating multi-function unit can be lifted out of the water and can be held in a fixed position above water-level and is provided with connection elements for making a fluid connection between the transfer hose end and a manifold of the carrier and with emergency disconnect elements for the at least one transfer hose, placed at a distance from the connection elements.

Multi-function unit for the offshore transfer of hydrocarbons

Offshore deployment device for an installation vessel () with a deck () to deploy a hydrocarbon transfer pipe () composed of several pipe segments (), the device including a trolley hoist lifting element (), installed in a tower () to lift a pipe segment from an horizontal position into a vertical position, an assembly platform (), where a segment is connected to a previously launched transfer pipe string, the assembly platform being provided with a clamping device that is supported on the installation vessel and adapted to support the weight of the previously launched pipe string during assembling, wherein the hydrocarbon transfer pipe is a flexible hose string composed of several flexible hose segments, the flexible hose string being guided from a vertical position into an inclined or a horizontal position via a hose string guide element () which is placed under the assembly platform.

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Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Pieter Liem