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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Elizbar Buba Kebadze, Sutton, GB;
John D. Henderson, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
James V. Maher, Houston, TX (US);
Mario Lugo, Houston, TX (US);
Brent Cox, Houston, TX (US);
TRENDSETTER VULCAN OFFSHORE, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for tethering a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) includes a plurality of anchors disposed about the subsea BOP and secured to the sea floor, a plurality of tensioning systems, and a plurality of flexible tension members. Each tensioning system is coupled to a frame of the BOP and is configured to apply a tensile preload to one of the tension members. Each tension member is coupled to one of the anchors and extends from a first end coupled to one of the tensioning systems to a second end coupled to an anchor.