Patent ID: 6916218

Claim:
Hydrocarbon transfer system ( 1 ) comprising a floating structure ( 2 ) and a buoy ( 3 ) moored to the seabed, via anchor legs ( 4 , 5 ), a fluid transfer duct ( 10 ) being connected between the floating structure and the buoy which fluid transfer duct is extendable in its length direction and is at its end near the buoy connected to a support member ( 7 ) that extends along a minor part of the length of the transfer duct ( 10 ), a connecting member ( 8 , 20 , 30 , 31 ) attaching the support member to the buoy such that displacement of the support member relative to the buoy can occur, characterised in that, the support element ( 7 ) comprises a buoyancy member, having such buoyancy that the connecting member ( 8 , 20 , 30 , 31 ) extends non-parallel to the trajectory between the support member ( 7 ) and the buoy ( 3 ), bridging a varying distance between the buoy and the support member upon upward heave movements of the buoy.