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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Nov Apl Limited, Zuid-Holland, NL;
Inventors:
Hans Emil Opsahl, Oslo, NO;
Evert Olaus Grodal, Risor, NO;
Assignee:
NOV APL Limited, , NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 22/02 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 35/40 (2006.01); B63B 22/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 22/021 (2013.01); B63B 22/18 (2013.01); B63B 35/40 (2013.01); B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 2035/448 (2013.01);
Abstract
An offshore production and storage system includes a spread moored buoy assembly including a riser buoy coupled to a mooring buoy, the riser buoy configured to receive and couple to risers, wherein the spread moored buoy assembly is configured to be pre-installed offshore with the risers coupled thereto, and wherein the spread moored buoy assembly is configured to couple to a floating vessel such that the risers fluidicly couple to the floating vessel via the riser buoy.