Adjustable boat mooring system for a flexibly-supported tension leg platform

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5159891
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07748402

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A backdown buoy-type mooring is provided which will pull supply vessels away from a tension leg platform while the supply vessel is being unloaded. The boat mooring system will consist of surface buoys attached to the top pad-eye of the lateral mooring intermediate buoys. The boat mooring system of the invention is configured for centering over a spaced array of ocean floor wells, being moved over to the farthest well, and adapted to be moved over to the nearest well.

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SHELL OFFSHORE INCP O BOX 60193 2456 ONE SHELL SQUARE NEW ORLEANS LA 70160

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Huete, David A Spring, TX 15 221
Lohr, Curtis J Mandeville, LA 1 27

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