Patent ID: 9079644
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A floating production unit for production and storage of hydrocarbons, wherein said production unit has movement properties rendering connection of one or more loose hanging risers, wherein the unit comprises: a hull, and a deck at an upper end of the hull, the deck being equipped with at least one process tool in accordance with an intended application of said platform, wherein the hull is configured to allow suspension of said one or more risers from at least one frame arranged in a moonpool at a center of the hull wherein vertical movements of the hull are minimized in operation, the moonpool of the unit surrounds and protects an upper part of the one or more risers and fixed tubes for transfer of fluid to a processing facility of the unit against external forces, in addition to corresponding protection during connection of the one or more risers unto the at least one frame, the one or more risers are suspended at a flexible connection device fastened to the frame, the fixed tubes are connected to the risers at the flexible connection device and to the at least one process tool, and the moonpool extends above the deck to reduce an effect of one or more unintentional incidents in the moonpool.