Patent ID: 6434948
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
The for production, storage and export of liquid natural gas (LNG) from a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel with an LNG liquefaction plant, with a cryogenic transfer device arranged between the FPSO vessel and an LNG tank vessel comprising:a LNG buffer tank located in the FPSO vessel, with buffer storage capacity for temporary storage of produced LNG; a mooring device arranged for short separation moorage between a stern of the FPSO vessel and a bow of the LNG tank vessel; a cryogenic transfer device arranged between the stern of the FPSO vessel and the bow of the LNG tank vessel, comprising a flexible LNG pipe, arranged for continuous transfer of produced LNG; and at least one LNG storage tank in the LNG tank vessel, arranged for being filled via the cryogenic transfer device until a desired degree of filling of the LNG tank vessel is achieved.