Helix Secures Five-Year Decommissioning Contract in Gulf of Mexico
.This follows Helix Energy Solutions’ engagement in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from 2023, when the company secured a 39-well decommissioning contract in with an unnamed client.The project was awarded to Helix's Louisiana-based subsidiary Helix Alliance, which used the EPIC Hedron heavy lift derrick barge for structure removals, liftboats for plug and abandonment activities, the Triton Explorer dive support vessel for pipeline abandonments, and multiple Helix Alliance OSVs and several other Helix Alliance assets throughout the campaign.More recently, Helix Energy Solutions signed the extension
InterMoor Completes Red Hawk Spar Decommissioning Work
the engineering procedures and performed the work to disconnect the mooring lines from the floating facility. The company also ballasted the hull prior to and during the topsides removal and deballasted it to prepare the hull for towing. Ballasting and deballasting were performed from a nearby derrick barge. The spar was then towed to the reefing site where it was flooded and laid on the seabed in a controlled manner. Finally, InterMoor recovered the mooring lines and assisted with the as-laid survey of the reefing site. Dusan Curic, project manager at InterMoor, said, “Through thorough
McDermott Awarded Anadarko GoM Contract
McDermott International, Inc. says that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide construction and decommissioning support services employing Derrick Barge 50 (“DB50”) on the Red Hawk project, located in Garden Banks 876. The DB50 will remove mooring lines for the Red Hawk spar and provide accommodation and decommissioning support services. Mobilization is expected during the third quarter 2014. “This project is yet another example of our efforts to improve asset utilization beyond the requirements of our existing
McDermott Awarded Megalodon Platform Installation
Timbalier Block 311 in the Gulf of Mexico. The project is expected to be included in McDermott’s third quarter 2014 backlog. McDermott will provide all materials and equipment to transport and install the six-pile platform in 391 feet of water, over an existing well site. The heavy-lift Derrick Barge 50 will perform a side-lift of the 3,300-ton jacket and set the 2,100-ton topsides. Installation is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2014. “McDermott is pleased to work again for Walter to support its drilling and production activities,” said Dominic Savarino, Vice
Tension Leg Platform Installed off Brazil
transportation and final installation of the TLWP offshore Brazil. The project was carried out with significant technical contribution by Chevron to the TLWP design, construction and installation. Commissioning of the platform continues, under the expertise of the FloaTEC project team. Using the Derrick Barge 50 (DB50), a specialized deepwater construction vessel, to install the tendons, McDermott successfully completed its offshore campaign without a single Lost Time Incident. Recent enhancements to the DB50 include a new state-of-the-art switchgear and power management system with an upgraded level
Unique Seaflex Swift to Support Saipem
Unique Seaflex, a Unique Maritime Group company, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers were recently contacted by Saipemin Portugal who were looking to urgently conduct a 550t load test on a derrick barge located at Point Noire in the Congo. With 100t of solid weights in hand, they required an additional 450t to complete the test. The immediacy of the requirement demanded a swift response from the supply chain, especially given the total absence of any suitable equipment within the local market. Unique Seaflex were the only company able to provide a quantity of thirteen 35t
Response Efforts Continue at Well Spill Site
to oversee and coordinate response efforts to secure the South Timbalier 220 natural gas Well A-3. Safety of personnel and protection of the environment remain the top priorities. All debris is now removed from the wellhead giving crews vertical access to the well, removal was done from the derrick barge “Performance.” BSEE approved plans to send a camera and logging tools down the wellbore and is conducting visual observation along with Unified Command. Observations will be used to advance well intervention plans. No gas releases are reported from fixed wireless
Drilling of Relief Well Begins at South Timbalier 220
, followed by cement will be pumped into the well to secure it. All available options to safely secure the natural gas well remain under consideration. Work is moving forward on all approaches. Removal of debris material surrounding the well head began Friday. This work is being conducted from the derrick barge, "Performance." Walter is submitting procedures today for well intervention work to BSEE for review and approval. Once the procedures are approved, the work would begin if direct access to the well is available. From visual observation, a sheen is no longer present in the area
McDermott Awarded Pemex Platform Contract
, with fabrication at Altamira, Mexico, where at peak, more than 550 craft personnel are expected to be engaged on the project. McDermott will carry out installation of the topsides by the float-over method using its Intermac 600 float-over barge, and the recently upgraded and improved McDermott Derrick Barge 50 will install key platform components and provide additional support. In addition to the PB-Litoral-A scope, McDermott will undertake bridge and piping tie in, as well brownfield work on the CA-Litoral-A HP compression platform. Full project completion is expected during the second quarter
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