Offshore mooring device and method of using same

Details Offshore mooring device and method of using same Offshore mooring device and method of using same

1995-12-29

1997-10-14

Basinger, Sherman

Ships

Mooring device

Boom type

114293, 441 4, B63B 2202

Patent

active

056760833

ABSTRACT:
A mooring system preferably for oil transport, production, and drilling vessels in the ocean, and a method of using the system. The mooring system combines a submerged buoyant element anchored to the seabed with a retrieval system aboard the vessel and a mechanism to secure the submerged mooring element to the hull of the vessel by reducing the hydrostatic pressure in a volume isolated from the sea by the mooring element and the hull of the vessel. The mooring element may by non-circular, to allow use with smaller vessels while still providing sufficient retaining forces. The mooring element can be configured so that the mooring element aligns with the hull of the vessel as it is hoisted by the vessel.

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