Tension Lift Frames

Overview

Tension Lift Frames (TLF) and Coiled Tubing Lift Frames (CTLF).

ICON’s Tension Lift Frames (TLFs) are engineered lifting systems used to safely manage loads and maintain a controlled working window during offshore wireline, slickline, e-line and coiled tubing operations. The frames are designed to operate on floating drilling rigs where vessel motion, dynamic loading and interface control are critical to safe and efficient execution.

Tension Lift Frames provide a stable interface between the rig lifting system and surface pressure control equipment (PCE), reducing uncontrolled movement and improving load management during intervention and well servicing activities. ICON’s designs are grounded in offshore execution experience and have been deployed across a wide range of rig types and operating environments globally since 1997.

The product family includes standard Tension Lift Frames (TLF) and Coiled Tubing Lift Frames (CTLF), configured for wireline and coiled tubing intervention operations across varying load cases, rig layouts and interface requirements. Where heave compensation is also required, ICON’s ARTP range of heave compensated tension lift frames extends this capability further.

Lift Frame Ancillary Equipment

Ancillary equipment and accessories.

ICON supplies a range of optional ancillary equipment to customise the features and functionality of Tension Lift Frames, Coiled Tubing Lift Frames and Compensated Coiled Tubing Lift Frames.

Available ancillary items include:

• Primary and secondary PCE handling winches, hydraulic or pneumatic, zone rated, with local and remote control, sized to meet specific load and speed requirements
• Man-rider winches for personnel safety when working at heights within the lift frame during heaving conditions
• Hydraulic Power Units (HPUs), standalone units for ARTP control system pilot pressure and emergency fluid top-up, supplied in offshore rated shipping skids for permanent or temporary rig installation
• Access platforms to provide a safe working environment for personnel operating within the lift frame
• CT Injector Head Jacking Table, fits to ICON’s coiled tubing lift frame, supporting the CT injector head during operations and allowing vertical and horizontal adjustment when changing out BHA/tool strings
• Wireline manipulator arms, designed and fabricated to ICON’s specifications for wireline operations within the lift frame

All ancillary equipment is designed and tested to applicable offshore standards including DNV 2.22, DNV OS-E101 and ABS CDS where required.