Viking Moorings, a provider of total mooring solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, has announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with Norwegian company, Deep Sea Anchors (DSA) AS to supply its industry leading deep water ‘torpedo’ anchors to mooring installations worldwide
The announcement was made at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen where Viking Moorings is exhibiting in the Deep Water Zone.
The agreement, which will cover all regions of the world outside Norway, will allow Viking Moorings to provide an even greater breadth of integrated anchoring solutions to its clients with, once a suitable project is identified, an exclusive agreement with DSA put in place to supply it anchors.
The Deep Penetrating Anchor (DPA), also known as the ‘torpedo’ anchor, is a dynamically installed anchor which is released freely from a predetermined height over the seabed using gravity as the installation force. The anchor penetrates well below the mudline and sets into stiff clay sediments providing a secure and cost effective anchoring solution irrespective of water depths and allowing for both taut leg and catenary mooring installations.
Other benefits include simplified installation, precise positioning and the elimination of the need for hydraulic and electrical lines which are often used for traditional anchor installations.
