Tensioner - an overview
Mark J. Kaiser, in The Offshore Pipeline Construction Industry, 2020 5.2.6 Tensioners. Tensioners hold the pipeline in tension from the point it leaves the vessel to where it is laid on the seafloor and is measured in metric tons or kips, where 1 kip = 1000 lbs, and 1 mt = 1000 kg = 2205 lbs. The weight of the pipeline in the water column and the manner it is installed determines the stresses ...
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