Patent ID: 7080673
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: F17C

Abstract:
1. An offshore system which includes a floating structure that is moored in a sea so the floating structure can weathervane, wherein the system offloads LNG (liquid natural gas) through an LNG transfer unit from a tanker that has an LNG capacity of at least 1000 tons, to said floating structure, and supplies natural gas from said floating structure to a consumer, wherein: said floating structure carries a regas unit that heats the LNG to produce gaseous natural gas; and said floating structure has a thermally insulated LNG storage facility that includes at least one tank, said storage facility having a storage capacity of a plurality of 100's of tons of LNG, to hold LNG received from the tanker, so the tanker can sail away while LNG in said LNG storage facility is gradually passed through said regas unit.