Helix Energy Solutions' Siem Helix 2 newbuild light well intervention vessel has completed the vessel acceptance tests and is now on contract to Petrobras offshore Brazil under a multi-year contract. The Siem Helix 2 joins the Siem Helix 1…
Helix Energy Solutions Group has been awarded its first contract for a new 15,000psi intervention riser system (IRS). The 35-day award is with a large oil and gas operator in the US Gulf of Mexico. The 15,000psi IRS is part of a joint…
Two Houston-based companies, Gibson Applied Technology & Engineering (GATE Energy) and Helix Energy Solutions robotics subsidiary Canyon Offshore signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly offer subsea blockage prevention, detection…
Helix Energy Solutions Group's Siem Helix 1 light well intervention vessel has started operations offshore Brazil on contract to Petrobras. However, Helix has agreed with Petrobras to started operations at reduced day rates, as it works…
Elaine Maslin chats with Helix Energy Solutions to find out how the intervention services provider is keeping afloat with new collaborative offerings, and, yes, new vessels entering the market. Helix’s newbuild the Siem Helix 1…
Elaine Maslin reports on two new vessels and a semisubmersible from Helix Well Ops due out in 2017-2019, which aim to make a step change in operational efficiency. The Siem Helix 1’s back deck spread from Osbit…
Intervention specialist Helix Energy Solutions has sold its Helix 534 vessel to a third party for approximately US$2.8 million. The vessel, a DP2 modified drillship, which Helix bought from Transocean in 2012, and converted in Singapore…
Audrey Leon speaks with Helix Energy Solutions Group’s David Carr about a new system from the Subsea Services Alliance, which seeks to safely drive down the cost of well abandonment operations in open waters. Helix…
Seeking additional gains from subsea wells on a tight budget has paved the way for the implementation of a new technology to the market. Elaine Maslin reports. Helix’s Compensated Coiled Tubing Lift Frame in its operational position…
The light well intervention and dive support vessel MSV Seawell has returned to service after a US$74.5 million (£60 million) investment by its owners, Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK), a UK subsidiary of international offshore energy service company Helix Energy Solutions Group…
The European Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA), is delighted to announce that this year's recipient of the ICoTA Innovation Award was a joint entry from Shell, Helix Well Ops and Altus Intervention. The award, presented at the annual SPE ICoTA Well Intervention Conference…
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK) Ltd. completed the industry’s first riser-based coiled tubing intervention project from a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) class light well intervention vessel (LWIV). The Well Enhancer…
Osbit has successfully completed and loaded out US$3.96 million (£3 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation in Schiedam on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. The multi-million dollar…
In advance of OE’s 2016 Deepwater Intervention Forum, held in Galveston, Texas, Audrey Leon discusses the next game-changing technologies with the forum’s board members. The Helix Well Enhancer…
Helix Energy Solutions completed its contract renegotiations with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) and has entered into amendments to its well intervention services contracts for its two chartered vessels, the Siem Helix 1 and the Siem Helix 2…