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Rapid deployment mooring and discharge system and method

  • US 4,624,645 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1985
  • Issued: 11/25/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An offshore bulk liquid discharge system comprisinga base,buoyancy tank means attached to the base for providing flotation for the system during transportation of the system to a mooring location and adapted for flooding to allow the system to be disposed on the sea floor,pipeline reel means for holding a coil of flexible pipeline during transportation of the system to a mooring location and for unreeling the flexible pipeline after the system is disposed on the sea floor,hose reel means for holding a coil of flexible tanker hose during transportation of the system to a mooring location and for unreeling the hose after the system is disposed on the sea floor, andswivel piping means for rotationally coupling a coil of flexible pipeline held in the pipeline reel means with a coil of tanker hose held in the hose reel means.

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