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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicant:
David Bertil Runbalk, The Hague, NL;
Inventor:
David Bertil Runbalk, The Hague, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A floating system for liquefying natural gas comprising a vessel provided with a plant for liquefying natural gas having an inlet for natural gas and an outlet for liquefied natural gas, a feed supply system for supplying natural gas to the inlet of the plant, one or more storage tanks for storing liquefied natural gas, and an off-loading system for transporting liquefied natural gas between the storage tank(s) and a tanker, which floating system further comprises a vaporization system having an inlet for liquefied gas and an outlet for vapor.