A combined riser, offloading and mooring system is provided for the
offloading of hydrocarbons from a floating production vessel (FPV), onto
a tanker. The system preferably includes an offloading buoy tethered to
the mudline by at least one mooring line. The offloading buoy and the
mooring line can be part of an offloading buoy system for supporting a
production riser and fluid jumper lines. Additionally, the offloading
buoy system can support an offloading jumper line from the FPV to a fluid
connector on the offloading buoy system through which hydrocarbon fluid
is loaded via an offloading hose onto a tanker. The combined riser,
offloading and mooring system also preferably includes at least one set
of FPV mooring lines for securing the floating production vessel to the
offloading buoy system. The system further preferably includes a hawser
line for connecting the tanker to the offloading buoy system. In this
manner, the number of mooring lines for the floating production vessel
may be reduced.