A tension member has fibres straightened such that they are substantially parallel. The fibres are then held in the base of mould. A curable resin such as castable synthetic polymer resin, is applied around the fibres. The side of mould is then placed on base trapping compression tool as part of the mould. The cylindrical cavity defined by the mould is filled with curable resin, The curable resin is then allowed to set, and the mould removed to form a rigid rod on the end of the tension member.

Apparatus and methods for coupling a rope socket with an armored cable. The armored cable includes a conductor core having one or more cables for transmitting electrical and/or optical signals and at least one layer of armor wires wound around the conductor core. The rope socket includes a housing having an uphole end through which the armored cable extends into the housing and a downhole end through which the conductor core extends from the housing to a component of downhole equipment suspended in a wellbore by the armored cable. The armor wires are arranged inside of the housing so that they are spaced apart at least locally from the conductor core. A plastic material disposed within the housing fills interstices each defined by one or more surfaces of one or more of the conductor core, one or more of the armor wires, and the housing.

An end terminal is attached to a pultruded solid carbon rod by first splitting an end portion of the pultruded solid carbon rod into plural, relatively smaller carbon rod portions which are then fitted into the end terminal and fixed in place by a solidifiable liquid-phase material.

Apparatus and methods for coupling a rope socket with an armored cable. The armored cable includes a conductor core having one or more cables for transmitting electrical and/or optical signals and at least one layer of armor wires wound around the conductor core. The rope socket includes a housing having an uphole end through which the armored cable extends into the housing and a downhole end through which the conductor core extends from the housing to a component of downhole equipment suspended in a wellbore by the armored cable. The armor wires are arranged inside of the housing so that they are spaced apart at least locally from the conductor core. A plastic material disposed within the housing fills interstices each defined by one or more surfaces of one or more of the conductor core, one or more of the armor wires, and the housing.

An open socket joint configured to prevent zinc creep includes a retaining mesh that sits on a lip of an outer shell casing of the open socket joint. The retaining mesh is configured to prevent zinc within the open socket joint to extrude.