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Abstract

A method of installing a subsea cable bundle including an umbilical and at least one direct current and fibre optic (DCFO) cable attached to an outside of the umbilical includes connecting a first end of the cable bundle to a pulling head, lowering the first end of the cable bundle into the se, connecting the pulling head to a winch cable of a winch (the winch may be connected before or after lowering the first end), the winch being located on a platform and the winch cable extending from the platform into the sea through a J-tube, and using the winch to pull the first end of the cable bundle up to the platform through the J-tube. The method further includes laying the cable bundle on the seafloor, and at a target location, at or close to a subsea structure, detaching the DFCO cable from the umbilical and connecting the DCFO cable and the umbilical at their second ends to the subsea structure.

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