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by cr1895 3276 days ago
Flexible pipe for subsea O&G has existed for a long time now (it's certainly not soft, but it is flexible and it is installed from huge spools):

http://www.technip.com/sites/default/files/technip/fields/pu...

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O&G technology is pretty amazing. I guess you can develop some pretty amazing technology when you can invest many billions of dollars over many decades, because the payoff is huge. Makes you wonder where other technologies would be with that much expenditure.