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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
L. Terry Boatman, Houston, TX (US);
Arun S. Duggal, Houston, TX (US);
Charles O. Etheridge, Bullard, TX (US);
Jerry L. Mccollum, Hempstead, TX (US);
L. Terry Boatman, Houston, TX (US);
Arun S. Duggal, Houston, TX (US);
Charles O. Etheridge, Bullard, TX (US);
Jerry L. McCollum, Hempstead, TX (US);
FMC Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A disconnectable mooring system for connecting an LNG carrier vessel to a permanently moored LNG liquefaction process vessel in combination with an LNG offloading system. One end of a mooring yoke is suspended from a frame at the stern of the LNG process vessel. A male coupler is mounted to an opposite end of the mooring yoke via a universal joint. A female coupler is mounted on the LNG carrier vessel, with pull-in arrangements for pulling the LNG carrier vessel into position and the male coupler into selective coupling with the female coupler.