Patent ID: 7950096

Claim:
A method for transferring fluids and personnel between a work vessel and a marine platform comprising the steps of: a) placing an elongated, self-supporting frame between the work vessel and the marine platform, the frame having first and second ends; b) providing a walkway on the frame that extends from one end to the other end of the frame; c) placing pipe racks on opposing sides of the walkway, each pipe rack configured to hold a flowline, at least one flow line being supported by a said rack; d) placing handrails in between the walkway and each pipe rack; e) the frame having a fluid holding pan that extends under the walkway and the pipe racks; f) wherein the fluid holding pan enables flow of fluid that leaks from a pipe on a rack between an area under a pipe rack to an area under the walkway; and g) transferring fluid from one frame end to the other frame end via one or more flow lines that occupy a said pipe rack.