Loading Assembly and Emergency Disconnection Coupler for conveying a pressurized Gas between a floating Gas processing Unit and another Structure

An improved loading assembly is presently proposed for conveying a pressurized gas between a floating gas processing unit and another structure. The loading assembly comprises a loading arm extending between the floating gas processing unit and the other structure. The loading assembly has a breakaway weak link within a gas connection between a spool-side isolation valve and an arm-side isolation valve, to ensure the contained gas flow path breaks open at a preconceived location between the spool-side isolation valve and the arm-side isolation valve, in case the mechanical load on the loading arm arrangement, caused by relative movement between the floating gas processing unit and the other structure, exceeds a predetermined limit. The breakaway weak link may be integrated with an actuated coupling part of an emergency disconnection coupler.