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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Arne Smedal, Stavanger, NO;
Hitec Systems AS, Forus, NO;
Abstract
When mooring a production ship (,) above a submarine production well, minimum three (usually e.g. eight) anchor lines are used in the form of mooring chains (,′) each extending from a stationary point at the seabed to a separate attachment point on the ship (,). At least one anchor line (,) (of a minimum line number of three) has a fixed length and leads to an attachment hook (,) on-board the ship, while the or each of the remaining anchor lines (,′), as known per se, has a changeable, shortenable length between the stationary seabed point and a point (,) on the ship (,), e.g. by means of a winch (,) for each of said longitudinally changeable anchor lines (,′), simplifying the mooring arrangement constructively and the mooring operations functionally.