Kvaener Oilfield Products A.s.

Per-Ola Baalerud

Bj&oslash;rn Paulshus

A tension member, for use as a tendon or tether for a tension leg platform consisting of a plurality of carbon fiber filaments ( ) gathered into a plurality of strands ( ) in which the filaments ( ) run against one another, around which strands there is arranged a sheath ( ). The tension member comprises pressure-resisting spacers ( ) having recesses ( ) wherein the strands ( ) are laid singly so that they can move in the longitudinal direction unobstructed by each other and the spacers ( ).

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Stabekk, Norway

Per-Ola Baalerud