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  2. Category:Mooring systems - Wikipedia

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    Equipment used to hold a ship or floating structure in position without the use of propulsion systems. Pages in category "Mooring systems" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

  3. Mechanical snubber - Wikipedia

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    A mechanical snubber is a mechanical device designed to protect components from excess shock or sway caused by seismic disturbances or other transient forces. [1] During normal operating conditions, the snubber allows for movement in tension and compression. [2] When an impulse event occurs, the snubber becomes activated and acts as a restraint ...

  4. Single buoy mooring - Wikipedia

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    Single point mooring at Whiddy Island, Ireland Single-point mooring facility off Puthuvype, Kochi, India. A Single buoy mooring (SrM) (also known as single-point mooring or SPM) is a loading buoy anchored offshore, that serves as a mooring point and interconnect for tankers loading or offloading gas or liquid products.

  5. Mooring - Wikipedia

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    Multiple anchor mooring systems use two or more (often three) light weight temporary-style anchors set in an equilateral arrangement and all chained to a common center from which a conventional rode extends to a mooring buoy. The advantages are minimized mass, ease of deployment, high holding-power-to-weight ratio, and availability of temporary ...

  6. GPS sonobuoy - Wikipedia

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    The system concept (Figure 1) utilizes an array eight to ten GIBs (Figure 2) moored in a 2 km by 2 km array. In the case of the TARGT GIB, the GPS and RF antennas are located on top of the sensor and the hydrophone , or underwater acoustic transducer , is located on the bottom.

  7. Snubbing - Wikipedia

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    A snubbing rigup is a very tall structure. It consists of a hydraulically powered snubbing unit, which provides the force on a pipe, above a string of multi-layered pressure control components.

  8. I Tried 13 Doritos Flavors. These Are the Best - AOL

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    All Doritos Flavors We Tried: - Cool Ranch - Flamin' Hot Limón - Tapatío - Dinamitas - Nacho Cheese - Spicy Nacho - Tortilla Chips (taco flavor)

  9. Floating production storage and offloading - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of floating production storage and offloading unit FPSO OSX #1 at Rio de Janeiro Coast FPSO Mystras at work off the shore of Nigeria FPSO Crystal Ocean moored at the Port of Melbourne The circular FPSO Sevan Voyageur moored at Nymo yard at Eydehavn, Norway FPSO Firenze moored at Hellenic Shipyards, 2007 FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage, Offloading), Welplaathaven, Port of Rotterdam ...