Liquefied gas storage barge with concrete floating structure
CA 2388630 A1 · Owner: Bouygues Offshore · Inventors: Prat, Christophe; Marchand, Denis; Jouanneaux, Catherine
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The invention concerns a liquefied gas storage barge with concrete floating structure. Said barge essentially consists of a reinforced and prestressed concrete floating structure (1) comprising tanks for liquefied gas. Said tanks (2) are cylindrical tanks whereof the cross-section perpendicular to their main longitudinal axis comprises a curved portion (3) preferably circular, corresponding to said tank base said portion being preferably a lower half-circumference supported directly on the concrete base of the barge which base has the shape of adjacent cylindrical domes (3) each cylindrical dome having the same partially curved cross-section preferably circular, opposite said base of each …
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- Filed October 26, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 26, 2020.
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