Floating support having a reel including roller bearings...

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B63B 21/50 (2006.01) B63B 22/02 (2006.01)

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CA 2714625

The present invention relates to a floating support (10) for petroleum production, comprising a detachable docking system (1, 2, 3) with anchoring lines (13) at the bottom of the sea and bottom-surface linking ducts (14) comprising: a docking buoy (1) for said lines and bottom-surface linking ducts, with said buoy preferably an annular buoy, and characterized in that said reel (2) includes: a sealed external tubular structure (2b) comprising a bottom (2c) sealingly assembled at the lower end of said sealed external tubular structure (2b), with said external tubular structure (2b) containing an internal structure (2a) secured to the shell at its upper end (2a1), where said internal and external tubular structures engage with at least one lower roller or friction bearing, permitting rotation of said internal structure, since said external structure is not rotatably driven when said floating support is rotatably driven about said vertical axis of the cavity and of said sealed external tubular structure ZZ', and said lower roller or friction bearing (51, 52) located below the surface of the water but inside said external sealed structure.

La présente invention concerne un support flottant (10) de Production pétrolière comportant un système d'amarrage déconnectable (1, 2, 3) de lignes d'ancrage (13) au fond de la mer et de conduites de liaison fond-surface (14) comportant : une bouée d'amarrage (1) desdites lignes et conduites de liaison fond-surface de préférence ladite bouée étant une bouée annulaire, et caractérisé en ce que ledit touret (2) comprend : une structure externe tubulaire étanche (2b) comportant un fond (2c) assemblé de manière étanche à l'extrémité inférieure de ladite structure externe tubulaire étanche (2b), ladite structure externe tubulaire (2b) contenant une structure interne (2a) solidaire de la coque au niveau de son extrémité supérieure (2a1), lesdites structure interne et structure tubulaire externe coopérant avec au moins un palier inférieur de roulement ou de frottement, autorisant la rotation de lad ite structure interne, ladite structure externe n'étant pas entraînée en rotation lorsque ledit support flottant est entraîné en rotation autour dudit axe vertical de la cavité et de ladite structure externe tubulaire étanche ZZ', et ledit palier inférieur de roulement ou de frottement (5 1, 5 2) étant situé en dessous de la surface de l'eau mais à l'intérieur de ladite structure externe étanche.

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