Single-point mooring facility off Puthuvypin,

Kochi, India



Commercial crude oil supertanker AbQaiq
Single buoy mooring
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A Single buoy mooring SBM! also kno"n as
single-point mooring or SPM! is a loading #uoy
anchored offshore, that serves as a mooring point
and interconnect for tankers loading or
offloading gas or li$uid products% SP&s are the
link #et"een geostatic su#sea manifold
connections and "eathervaning tankers% 'hey are
capa#le of handling any si(e ship, even very
large crude carriers )*CC! "here no alternative
facility is availa#le%
Contents
+ Parts ,
+%+ -uoy #ody ,
+%. &ooring and anchoring parts ,
+%.%+ &ooring components ,
+%.%. /a"ser arrangement ,
+%0 Product transfer system ,
+%0%+ 1isers ,
+%0%. Floating hose string ,
+%0%0 Product s"ivel ,
+%2 3ther components ,
. 1eferences ,
Parts
'here are four parts in the total #uoying system4
the #ody of the #uoy, mooring and anchoring
elements, product transfer system and other
components% All these parts are e$ually
important%
Buoy body
'he #uoy #ody usually is supported on static legs
attached to the sea#ed, "ith a rotating part a#ove
"ater level connected to the off!loading tanker%
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