Riser tensioning arrangement

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6835026
APP PUB NO 20040146363A1
SERIAL NO

10476124

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An arrangement for transferring loads by means of one or more hydraulic cylinder-like actuators (19, 26, 40) in order to establish and maintain tension in a riser (1) of the type typically used in offshore petroleum production, where the riser (1) constitutes a connection between the sea bed (2) and an installation (4) on or near the surface of the sea (6), and where the required pressure difference between the pressure side(s) (18, 42) and the depressurised side(s) (17, 46) of the actuator(s) (19, 29, 40) is constituted by a hydrostatic pressure difference.

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NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO NORWAY ASPOSTBOKS 401 LUNDSIDEN KRISTIANSAND S 4604

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Gjedebo, Jon G Stavanger, NO 2 52

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