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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
You Sun LI, Houston, TX (US);
George Rodenbusch, Houston, TX (US);
Heping Zhang, Cypress, TX (US);
Jane Qing Zhang, Sugarland, TX (US);
You Sun Li, Houston, TX (US);
George Rodenbusch, Houston, TX (US);
Heping Zhang, Cypress, TX (US);
Jane Qing Zhang, Sugarland, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a floating system positioned in a body of water having a water bottom, the system comprising a host member floating in the water; an elongated underwater line structure, comprising a top connected to the host; a bottom extending to the seabed and adapted to connect to a flowline lying on the seabed; a first portion of the line structure being shaped concave upward; a second portion of the line structure being shaped concave upward; and a transition segment between being shaped concave downward, the transition segment located between the first portion and the second portion.