Ram tensioners take production systems deeper: As water depths and reservoir pressures increase, so do riser tensioner requirements

摘要

The track record of ram-style tensioners is well on its way to being established in deepwater applications. Direct-acting hanging tensioners have been used in a range of applications for floating production systems worldwide. A newly patented ram-style tensioner introduced by DTI is changing the way the industry thinks about motion compensation, particularly in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and offshore Brazil, where operators have to contend with ultra-deep water and high-pressure/high-temperature reservoirs.