| 摘要 |
In a floating storage installation for liquids, particularly oil or liquefied natural gas from underwater fields, and comprising at least two reservoirs (1), a working platform (7) located above the storage reservoirs (1) and a ballasting system (3) whereby the buoyancy and weight of the installation can be balanced to ensure that the storage reservoirs (1) and the ballasting system (3) lie below the surface of the water, whilst the working platform (7) lies above it, both the working platform (7) and the reservoirs (1) are independently supported on the ballasting system (3). With such an arrangement, it is not necessary to provide shafts for access to the ballasting system passing through the storage reservoirs, which is undesirable, particularly when low temperature liquefied gas is being stored. Access to the ballasting system can be provided by shafts in columns (9) by which the platform (7) is supported on the ballasting system (3). <IMAGE> |
