Patents by Inventor Ellis Marion Huijsmans-Steenkamp

Ellis Marion Huijsmans-Steenkamp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for transferring crude oil from an onshore location to a vessel
    Patent number: 11401154
    Abstract: A system for transferring crude oil from an onshore location to an offshore vessel comprises a buoy, a floating vapor hose supported by the buoy and configured to be connected to the vessel for discharging vapor; a subsea pipe-line end manifold (PLEM); a subsea vapor hose extending between the PLEM and the buoy, and connected via the buoy internal piping to the floating vapor hose; a subsea vapor line extending between a vapor processing facility and the PLEM and connected to the subsea vapor hose; wherein the system further comprises a drain for the removal of condensed vapor from at least one of the floating vapor hose, subsea vapor hose and subsea vapor pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BLUEWATER ENERGY SERVICES B.V.
    Inventors: Ellis Marion Huijsmans-Steenkamp, Roland Wilhelmus van der Zande
  • SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING CRUDE OIL FROM AN ONSHORE LOCATION TO A VESSEL
    Publication number: 20210163278
    Abstract: A system for transferring crude oil from an on-shore location to an offshore vessel comprises a buoy, a floating vapor hose supported by the buoy and configured to be connected to the vessel for discharging vapor; a subsea pipe-line end manifold (PLEM); a subsea vapor hose extending between the PLEM and the buoy, and connected via the buoy internal piping to the floating vapor hose; a subsea vapor line extending between a vapor processing facility and the PLEM and connected to the subsea vapor hose; wherein the system further comprises a drain for the removal of condensed vapor from at least one of the floating vapor hose, subsea vapor hose and subsea vapor pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ellis Marion Huijsmans-Steenkamp, Roland Wilhelmus van der Zande