Owned by TOTAL of France
Designed for offshore conditions
(pictured here during proof load testing)
Tested for strength and length accuracy of +/- 0.25% under load
The slings were made to exacting length tolerances and engineering standards at Future Synthetics (KTL Offshore)
Millions of $ of asset is hanging in the balance - the difference between catastrophe and success are the synthetic slings between hook and mating platform
The two topside platforms had to be installed onto their jackets with precision