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Delmar Systems, Inc.
Booth #1804
OMNI-Max™ Anchor for MODU Mooring
The Delmar OMNI-Max™ Anchor (US Patent #7,059,263) is a gravity-installed vertically loaded anchor (VLA) for MODU moorings that offers unique performance characteristics not found in other deepwater anchor foundations. The OMNI-Max is capable of being loaded in any direction, 360º around the axis of the anchor. Under extreme loading and uplift angle conditions, the anchor will penetrate deeper into the soil to gain the needed capacity.
This anchor technology offers great benefit in design of mooring systems that reduce risk to subsea infrastructure in the event of station-keeping damage or even failure. This technology may even allow damaged moorings to survive longer in the 
event of multiple line failure since the load angle can change without the capacity of the foundation being adversely affected.
The first OMNI-Max anchor installation for offshore oil and gas use in the Gulf of Mexico was completed on 30 December 2007. This marks the first time a gravity-installed VLA has been successfully deployed for offshore OCS use in the Gulf of Mexico.
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