Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for processing and moving liquefied natural gas with dynamic positioning system
- Patent Title (中): 用动态定位系统处理和移动液化天然气的方法
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Application No.: US13190532Application Date: 2011-07-26
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Publication No.: US08490565B1Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Robert Magee Shivers, III , William T. Bennett, Jr.
- Applicant: Robert Magee Shivers, III , William T. Bennett, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ATP Oil & Gas Corporation
- Current Assignee: ATP Oil & Gas Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Buskop Law Group, PC
- Agent Wendy Buskop
- Main IPC: B63B21/50
- IPC: B63B21/50 ; B63B22/02 ; B63B22/26 ; B63B27/34 ; B63H25/00 ; F17C7/02 ; F17C9/00 ; F25J1/00

Abstract:
A method for receiving and processing dry gas into liquefied natural gas, offloading the liquefied natural gas, and transporting the liquefied natural gas to another location, wherein the method can include using a connecting device to: attach and hold a transport vessel to a floating liquefaction vessel. The connecting device can have an inner walkway configured to extend and retract from an outer walkway to accommodate for motions. The method can include receiving and cooling dry gas to form liquefied natural gas, and transferring the liquefied natural gas to the transport vessel. The method can include dynamically positioning the transport vessel in proximity to the floating liquefaction vessel using motions measured by motion sensors and the like. The method can include storing the liquefied natural gas on the floating transport vessel, releasing the transport vessel from the connecting device, and transporting the liquefied natural gas to another location.
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