TLP

Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs) are bottom founded floating structures which are moored at the seabed by steel tethers connected to driven piles.

Under the action of wind, waves and current a TLP moves like an "inverted pendulum" with negligible heave, pitch and roll motions and maintains a near constant distance between the platform and seabed. For this reason, TLPs can be used to drill and/or produce Oil and gas wells using dry trees with top tension risers or produce satellite wells via wet trees and Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs) for a variety of water depths, sea conditions and payloads.

A TLP is a very versatile facility in a field development plan. It can be used as a standalone production facility with or without drilling/workover and in areas of the world lacking a pipeline infrastructure it can be deployed as a wellhead platform connected to an FPSO.

FPSO+TLP

MODEC Corporate Video - TLP
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TLP Projects