APARELHAGEM PARA A AMARRACAO DE UMA PLATAFORMA FLUTUANTE DE PERNAS DE TENSAO EM UMA ANCORAGEM SUBMARINA

摘要

Apparatus for attaching a floating tension leg platform (20) to an anchoring base template (36) on the subsea floor (26) includes an external mooring porch (48) for each tendon (46), the porches being mounted on the outside surfaces of the platform's columns (30). The number of porches may exceed the number of columns by a factor of at least two or three.