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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard B. Harley, The Woodlands, TX (US);
E. Lawrence Kimble, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ronald R. Bowen, Magnolia, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/308 ; F17C 9/02 ; B63B 2/100 ; B63B 2/202 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/308 ; F17C 9/02 ; B63B 2/100 ; B63B 2/202 ;
Abstract
Offshore facilities and methods are provided to enable the mooring of a ship carrying a liquefied gas to an offshore structure with one or more decks upon which are located (i) regasification facilities; (ii) single point mooring means for mooring a ship that is carrying a liquefied gas; (iii) means for offloading said liquefied gas into said regasification facilities; and (iv) means for transferring gas from said regasification facilities to a gas transport pipeline.