The axial additive : Subsea special

When planning began for the world record Atwater Valley Producers project in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico, one of the challenges uncovered in pushing developments to these extremes was in the dynamic umbilicals running between the host and the anchor fields on the seafloor. Aker Kvaerner however has come up with a unique solution that not only won the company the job but also earned it a recent Spotlight on New Technology Award at the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference. Marshall DeLuca provides the details.