Downhole cables and methods of making the same

A method of manufacturing a cable, wherein the method comprises:

• disposing an inner armor wire layer about a cable core;
• disposing an outer armor wire layer about the inner armor wire layer, forming the cable, wherein the cable is stretched and then has tension therein reduced as the cable is spooled onto a stretched cable drum, and wherein torque in the armor wire layers is removed during manufacturing by placing the stretched cable drum on a twister, and wherein the stretched cable passes from the stretched cable drum to a swivel sheave, from the swivel sheave to an intermediate sheave, and wherein twister twists the cable until the swivel sheave aligns with the intermediate sheaves, and then additional cable is spooled from the stretched cable drum, and wherein the foregoing is repeated until the residual torque is removed from the cable.