Offshore mooring platforms

Claim 1

IN AN OFFSHORE MOORING PLATFORM WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A FLOATING OIL STORAGE BARGE, A HOLLOW BUOYANT ANCHOR BASE SEATED ON THE SEA BOTTOM, MEANS TO FLOOD THE HOLLOW BUOYANT ANCHOR BASE, A VERTICAL ANCHOR CYLINDER ATTACHED THERETO AND EXTENDING ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL, A PLATFORM MOUNTED THEREON, A BUOYANT ANNULAR MOORING TANK CONCENTRALLY MOUNTED ON THE ANCHOR CYLINDER AND FREE TO FLOAT AND SWIVEL ALL AROUND THE UPPER PART OF THE VERTICAL ANCHOR CYLINDER AND FREE TO MOVE UP AND DOWN THEREON, AN ANCHOR CHAIN COILED ON THE BUOYANT ANNULAR MOORING TANK WITH ONE END ATTACHED TO THE STORAGE BARGE AND THE OTHER END ATTACHED TO THE ANNULAR MOORING TANK, AN ADDED SHORT TENSION CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BARGE AND THE MOORING TANK RESISTING THE FULL MOORING PULL, MEANS WHEREBY THE SHORT TENSION CONNECTION IS RELEASED WHEN THE MOORING PULL SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALS ONE QUARTER OF THE PERMISSIBLE STRESS OF THE ANCHOR CHAIN, A FLOOD VALVE ON THE ANNULAR TANK AND MEANS WHEREBY THE FLOOD VALVE IS OPENED AFTER THE TENSION RELEASE, THUS PERMITTING THE ANNULAR TANK TO SINK TO AND BE PULLED ALL AROUND THE LOWER PART OF THE VERTICAL CYLINDER BY THE FLOATING STORAGE BARGE CHAINED THERETO.