A type of floating production system, tension leg platforms (TLPs) are buoyant production facilities vertically moored to the seafloor by tendons. TLP Design While a buoyant hull supports the ...

AUGER TLP SPECIFICS The Auger Prospect encompasses ... and weighs approximately 10,500 tons. • Tendons: Various components of the tendons were manufactured by Oil States Industries in Arlington ...

an intricate mooring system keeps the TLP in place. *The buoyancy of the facility’s hull offsets the weight of the platform, requiring clusters of tight tendons, or tension legs, to secure the ...

This excess buoyancy, in turn, is balanced with taut tendons or tethers, which are able to vertically moor the floating platform. The novel TLP comprises a mast and four pontoons connected to the ...