Tension leg and method for transport, installation and removal of tension legs pipelines and slender bodies

摘要

A tendon which is divided into compartments enclosing therein pressurized gas. A method for transporting a fluid containing tubular body or assembly of bodies above a sea/river bed floor and within a body of water. In addition to the method for transporting the tendon a method of installing and removing an internal pressurized tendon or assembly of tendons in a vertical position in a body of water.