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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Sveinung Løset, Trondheim, NO;
Basile Bonnemaire, Trondheim, NO;
Sveinung Løset, Trondheim, NO;
Basile Bonnemaire, Trondheim, NO;
Statoil Asa, Stavanger, NO;
Abstract
A loading system for transfer of hydrocarbons between an installation on the sea bed () and a floating vessel () in areas exposed to drifting ice. The system including a submerged turret buoy (), a flexible riser () extending from the sea bed installation () to the buoy () intended to be securely connected to a corresponding pipe on board the vessel (), and a plurality of mooring lines () connected to the buoy () and extending outwards therefrom. The system further including a riser protection element () for protecting the riser () from impacts when the riser () is in an extended, load transferring mode, and a protective structure () located in or on the sea bed () for protection of the riser () when in a retracted position in a non-operative mode; that the protective structure () containing riser reel () for storing the riser () in a protected position when disconnected and retracted from the vessel (). A method for mooring a vessel to a submerged turret buoy and a method for installing a riser protection element.