摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method (1) of adapting a marine vessel to perform a variety of functions including intake of palm oil or raw palm seeds for onboard refining and processing into finished products for eventual distribution. Various applications of the vessel ballast system are also disclosed; the (2) ballast system of the vessel is further deployed as a means to implement water flooding and enhanced oil recovery of an offshore oil reservoir. The vessel (3) is also adapted to a seeding, cultivation and harvesting system for agriculture production of various crops and biomass (implemented using techniques such as hydraulics), and in another method (4) disclosed, the vessel is deployed as a fish farm with the ability to simultaneously cultivate saline and fresh fish species. The present invention (5) is also adapted to allow the housing and development of poultry livestock products. |