Experience and benefits of a new innovative gravity installed marine mooring foundation, the OMNI-Max is presented in this paper. The OMNI-Max anchor is an omni-directional gravity installed plate anchor that can be installed more efficiently and provide more foundation reliability than other available foundations. The anchor is released from about 50-meters above the seafloor, penetrates into the seabed, and is ready for use. The installation method and relatively small size of the anchor allows for rapid deployment from a wide range of installation platforms. The OMNI-Max exhibits non-catastrophic behavior [5] when loaded which reduces the risk of mooring failure on surrounding infrastructure. The omni-directional loading capability also provides an added benefit beyond installation tolerance, in that the foundation can withstand loading from nearly any direction which potentially allows for damaged mooring systems to survive longer during an extreme event. Field and mooring design approval experience with this mooring foundation since 2007 indicates the OMNI-Max anchor reduces installation cost and is a valuable tool to reduce risk on moored MODU locations during hurricane season.

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