U.S.-based oil and fuel providers agency Helix Vitality Options has been awarded a deepwater nicely intervention contract award by Esso Exploration and Manufacturing Nigeria (Esso) at Erha and Usan fields, offshore Nigeria.
The challenge is predicted to start out in September 2024 with the vessel scheduled to be in Nigeria into 2025.
The Erha and Usan fields – developed by Esso, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Nigeria – are positioned roughly 97 kilometers offshore of Nigeria in water depths starting from 700 to 1,500 meters.
Beneath the contract, Helix will present the Q4000, a DP3 riser-based semi-submersible nicely intervention vessel, a 10k Intervention Riser System (IRS), remotely operated autos, challenge administration, and engineering providers to cowl absolutely built-in nicely intervention providers from manufacturing enhancement to plug and abandonment.
“We’re happy to announce this contract for the Q4000. We’re desperate to strengthen our relationship with Esso and to additional set up our presence because the chief for nicely intervention providers in West Africa,” stated Scotty Sparks, Helix’s Govt Vice President and Chief Working Officer.
The Q4000 serves as an offshore platform for a various array of duties reminiscent of subsea nicely intervention, subject and nicely decommissioning, subsea gear set up and restoration, nicely testing, and emergency nicely containment with devoted service areas to extend security and vessel effectivity.
