APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OFFLOADING A HYDROCARBON FLUID Abstract 5 Disclosed are various apparatus and method for transferring a hydrocarbon fluid between two bodies. To this purpose, a transfer skid and transfer hoses are moved from a first body to a second body to be installed thereupon to provide fluid communication between the two bodies. Offloading of hydrocarbon fluid may then take place between the two bodies. Emergency 10 release operation may be triggered during the offloading, where the transfer hoses are disconnected from the transfer skid, and are returned to the first body. Various features of the transfer skid and associated apparatus allow the transfer skid to be installed on the second body with improved mating connections, transfer hoses to be returned to the first body after offloading operation without 15 hydrocarbon fluid leakage, and transfer hoses to disconnect with speed and safety during emergency release operation. Figure 1 Figure I
Apparatus and method for offloading a hydrocarbon fluid
2016-04-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
UNMANNED VESSEL FOR OFFSHORE HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND OFFLOADING
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