Tanker standing offshore is unloaded via a pipeline

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One of the two "Tombola" systems used to offload tankers standing offshore. This ones consisted of a 6 inch pipe running out to a tanker moored 1,000 yards offshore. In the foreground are the shutoff valves. The pipeline ran to a storage tank farm further inland, forming the "Minor" system.

Tombola