抄録
Floating oil storage system has recently been realized at Aokata Bay Area, Kamigotocho, Nagasaki, Japan.
The system, which is a kind of offshore storage and suited to Japanese conditions, was proposed and developed as a new method for stockpiling emergency oil reserves since 1974.
The system consists mainly of five (5) oil storage barges capable of holding abt. 880, 000kl (Total amount abt. 4.4 million kl) of crude oil, mooring dolphins, and other facilities.
This paper describes special features of the oil storage barge and its mooring system.
