Helix Well Ops News


Brazil: Helix Energy Solutions Wins One-year Charter Extension for 'Siem Helix 2'

Dec 15, 2021

U.S.-based Helix Energy Solutions Group has secured an extension of its well intervention charter and services contracts with Brazil's Petrobras for the Siem Helix 2 well intervention vessel.'The initial four-year contract for the Siem Helix…

Helix Energy Solutions Nets Offshore Decommissioning Deal in New Zealand

Nov 22, 2021

Houston-based offshore services firm Helix Energy Solutions has won a 5-well complete abandonment project by New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE).Helix Energy Solutions will deploy its Helix Q7000 semi-submersible vessel and 10K Intervention Riser System (IRS)…

Helix Nets Multi-year Well Intervention Deal in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Sep 14, 2021

Offshore oil and gas well services company Helix Energy Solutions said Monday it had won a multi-year riser-based well intervention scope of work with an unnamed major operator for the charter of the Helix Q5000 and 15K Intervention Riser System in the US Gulf of Mexico…

Cooper Energy Charters Helix's Q7000 Rig for P&A in Australia

Apr 19, 2021

Australian oil and gas company Cooper Energy has hired Helix Energy Solutions' Q7000 light well intervention offshore rig, to support decommissioning work at the company's Basker, Manta and Gummy (BMG) fields in the Gippsland Basin, off Australia…

Gulf of Mexico: HWCG, Helix Extend Fast Oil Spill Response Agreement

Mar 09, 2021

Helix Energy Solutions Group has entered into a new agreement for offshore oil spill response resources with HWCG, a consortium of deepwater oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico who have come together with the shared goal of quickly responding to offshore oil spills…

Well Intervention Market Overview

Aug 11, 2020

The well intervention market is a niche one, with only a few main players – including Helix/Well Ops, Island Offshore, AKOFS Offshore and Siem Offshore – and only three key geographical regions; Northwest Europe, South America and the US Gulf of Mexico…

Helix Energy Solutions Extends Loan Maturity Date

Mar 12, 2020

Offshore services provider Helix Energy Solutions has amended its existing credit agreement dated as of September 26, 2014, with Nordea Bank ABP and the lender parties related its Q5000 well intervention unit. The amendment extends the final…

Sembcorp Delivers Q7000 to Helix

Nov 08, 2019

Singapore's Sembcorp Marine has delivered the Q7000 semisubmersible well intervention rig to Helix Energy Solutions Group.The Q7000 is expected to commence its first project in January next year, providing subsea services off the coast of Nigeria…

Helix Introduces Q7000 Well Intervention Vessel

Oct 22, 2019

Helix Energy Solutions Group has introduced its newly built semisubmersible well intervention vessel, the Q7000.The Q7000 can perform through-riser well intervention and decommissioning operations in water depths ranging from 85 meters to 3…

What About Well Intervention?

Aug 14, 2019

In a bid to maintain production rates but with less outlay, operators have been looking closer to home. Reducing costs and increasing efficiency have been high on the agenda. Should well intervention be higher?Well intervention, which can help increase production or restore shut-in wells…

Helix Finds Work for New Q7000 Vessel

Aug 06, 2019

Texas-based international offshore energy services company Helix Energy Solutions Group announced that it has entered into a contract for its new-build semi-submersible well intervention vessel, the Q7000.According to the provider of specialty services to the offshore energy industry…

Helix Acquires STL

May 30, 2019

Houston-based services company Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced Thursday it has acquired a majority stake in Subsea Technologies Group Limited (STL), an Aberdeen-based subsea engineering company that specializes in the design and…

Helix Taps Neikirk as SVP

May 03, 2019

Houston based services company Helix Energy Solutions Group announced Ken Neikirk has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary following the retirement or Alisa Johnson, Executive Vice President…

Helix Secures P&A Work in GOM

Jan 21, 2019

Houston based Helix Energy Solutions Group is slated  to perform plug and abandonment operations (P&A) work in the Gulf of Mexico following a recent agreement with Marathon Oil.The services company announced Monday that it acquired from Marathon…

Oceaneering partners with Aussie asset integrity outfit

Jan 11, 2018

Oceaneering International's Australian subsidiary has formed a partnership with Australian-owned and operated NDT Tech Ops to provide asset integrity services, including integrated inspection, non-destructive testing, and evaluation services…

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