Dubai's Best Kept Secret!
What is a Khazzan?
Think of a Champagne Glass!
Turn the Champagne Glass upside down!
Put the Champagne Glass under water!
A Khazzan resembles an "Upside Down" Champagne Glass under water!
A Khazzan resembles an "Upside Down" Champagne Glass under water.
Base above water.
Bowl rests on the Ocean Floor.
A Khazzan has no "top"!
Just as a Champagne Glass has no top.
So the Khazzan fills with sea water.
A Khazzan stores Oil under the Sea
A pipe connects the undersea oil field to the Kazzan.
Oil is pumped into the Khazzan and displaces sea water in the Khazzan.
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A Khazzan contains Oil and Sea Water
Oil and Water do not mix!
Oil is lighter than sea water.
Sea water is forced out of Khazzan by oil pressure.
Sea water escapes from the bottom of the Khazzan.
Oil pumping stops when the Khazzan is full.
Khazzan connects to a "single point mooring buoy" by a pipeline.
Tankers use the buoy to moor and connect to an oil dischage pipeline.
Sea water pressure forces the oil out of Khazzan.
Oil flows from Khazzan into the Tanker.
Khazzans were built onshore
Khazzans were built by Chicago Bridge and Iron Company where Madinat Al Jumeirah is located today.
Khazzans were fitted with pneumatic collars so they floated.
Khazzans were towed from Chicago Beach to offshore.
Khazzans floated using pneumatic collars.
Towed offshore by ocean going tugs.
Khazzans were allowed to sink to the ocean floor.
Pneumatic Collars were deflated on one side
Khazzan tilted to one side
Air escaped from inside the Khazzan
Khazzan sank and sat on the ocean floor.
This is a Khazzan "base"
Only visible part of a Khazzan today.
Three Khazzans offshore
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What is a Khazzan?
Remember the Upside Down Champagne Glass!
