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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Michalakis Efthymiou, Rijswijk, NL;
Guido Leon Kuiper, Rijswijk, NL;
Herman Theodoor Van Der Meyden, Rijswijk, NL;
Michalakis Efthymiou, Rijswijk, NL;
Guido Leon Kuiper, Rijswijk, NL;
Herman Theodoor Van Der Meyden, Rijswijk, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A water intake assembly () is suspendable from an off-shore structure () is proposed. It has a bundle () of at least a first tubular conduit (A) and a second tubular conduit (B) generally stretching side by side along a length direction. At least a part of the distal portion () of the first tubular conduit extends further in the length direction than the second tubular conduit when in fully suspended condition. Described used of such a water intake riser assembly include: a method of producing a liquefied hydrocarbon stream and a method of producing a vaporous hydrocarbon steam.