Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – Storage container
Patent
1996-12-10
1999-03-23
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
Storage container
114 74R, 114264, 405205, E02D 2738, B63B 3502
Patent
active
058850287
ABSTRACT:
A storage facility for use in temporarily storing produced fluids, e.g., crude oil from oil and gas wells, comprising a floating, concrete barge having at least one storage compartment, the barge being positioned in a preselected location in a body of water, the concrete barge preferably being of double-wall construction, having a plurality of storage compartments, and having no exposed structural or reinforcing steel subject to attack by weather and/or sea elements.
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Taylor Dennis L.
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