Delmar Systems sets first gravity installed vertical load anchor in Gulf

摘要

Delmar Systems Inc. successfully embedded the Gulf of Mexico's first gravity-installed vertical load anchor (VIA) for inclusion in the mooring system for a deepwater semisubmersible drilling unit at work in the Garden Banks area. According to company officials, the patented OMNI-Max anchor was deployed from an anchor-handling tug/supply vessel (AHTS), pull-tested, and then abandoned for a short time in the preset configuration to await arrival of the rig. Once the rig arrived, the anchor line was connected to the rig using Delmar's patented subsea mooring connector, which joined the preset mooring line to the rig's self-contained mooring components.