Mooring apparatus and method of installation for deep water tension leg platform
US4848970A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 11, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B2001/128
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for securely mooring a floating tension leg platform and an anchoring base template. The method involves swinging an end of a neutrally buoyant, one piece tendon which has an enlarged connector downwardly into position adjacent an anchoring receptacle, pulling the enlarged connector through a side-entry opening in the receptacle, lifting the tendon to seat the enlarged connector in a load ring of the receptacle, adjusting the effective length of the tendon to place it in tension and repeating these steps for each of the mooring tendons. A one-piece, thin-walled, neutrally buoyant tendon is also disclosed.
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