A type of floating production system, tension leg platforms (TLPs) are buoyant production facilities vertically moored to the seafloor by tendons. TLP Design While a buoyant hull supports the platform ...

Gazelle reckons it's got a solution. The company says its odd-looking platform is somewhat of a cross between two other approaches to floating wind, those being semi-submersible and tension leg ...

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Chinese offshore operator CNOOC Ltd is pushing the boundaries of offshore wind technology with a pioneering tension-leg platform (TLP) design for its latest floating wind project in the South China ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gazelle Wind Power has received statement of feasibility from leading, independent classification society DNV for its patented, breakthrough hybrid floating wind platform with ...

The US took its first steps toward embracing offshore wind power earlier this month with the approval of the Vineyard Wind 1 project off the coast of Massachusetts. When the site is complete, 62 ...

CHEVRON has completed an initial round of underwater surveys of its capsized Typhoon tension-leg platform and what remains at the original installation site as the US Coast Guard opens an ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 6-- The Mars tension-leg platform (TLP), heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, currently is producing 190,000 boe/d (gross), Shell Exploration & Production Co.

Nearly two decades after setting a world water-depth record for drilling and production, Shell’s Auger tension-leg platform is still playing a central and innovative role in the company’s deep water ...

The project is expected to enhance the current infrastructure and extend the production lifecycle for the Heidrun tension-leg platform. July 16, 2025 Equinor Energy AS has let a contract to TechnipFMC ...

Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs) are buoyant offshore structures held in place by vertical, high-tension tendons anchored to the seabed. They provide a near-fixed vertical position in medium-to-deep water ...