B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
B63B 25/12 (2006.01) E21B 43/01 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2532748
The invention relates to a vessel comprising a hull and within said hull a number of cylindrical tanks, each tank having a first and a second opening and respective valves closing each opening, wherein the tanks are supported by a support structure in the hull, the first openings of the tanks being connected to a hydrocarbon inflow/outflow line, the second openings of the tanks being connected to a displacement fluid inflow/outflow line, at least one pump being connected to the displacement fluid inflow/outflow and/or to the hydrocarbon inflow/outflow line, a control means being connected to the at least one pump and to the valves for controlling: - pumping a first volume of displacement liquid or a hydrocarbon into the tanks via one of the displacement fluid flow/outflow line and the hydrocarbon inflow/outflow line, while - opening the valve of the other of the displacement fluid inflow/outflow line and the hydrocarbon inflow/outflow line and removing a second volume of hydrocarbon or displacement fluid out of the tank via the valve.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Sea Of Solutions B.v.
LandOfFree
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