US-based offshore energy services company Helix Energy Solutions Group has secured a multi-year contract to deliver production enhancement and well abandonment services in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning in 2026.
The operation entails utilising either the Q5000 or Q4000 riser-based well intervention vessel, accompanied by a 10k or 15k intervention riser system (IRS), remotely operated vehicles, as well as providing project management and engineering services.
Helix’s services also include a comprehensive range of services encompassing production improvement in a fully integrated manner to the provision of plug and abandonment services for wells.
The deal extends to equipment and services within Subsea Services Alliance, a collaborative effort between Helix and SLB aimed at delivering comprehensive subsea solutions.
Helix Energy Solutions Group executive vice-president and chief operating officer Scotty Sparks said: “We are pleased to expand our backlog by successfully executing another multi-year contract for well intervention services.
This contract underscores our commitment to delivering safe, cost-effective and efficient production enhancement and abandonment services in the Gulf of Mexico, supported by Helix’s advanced vessels, decades of industry-leading experience and the collaborative capabilities of our Subsea Services Alliance.”
Helix, headquartered in Houston, Texas, focuses on operations related to robotics, well intervention and decommissioning.
The company's UK robotics division, Helix Robotics Solutions, was awarded a contract last February by Seaway7 for the burial of inter-array cables for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm, situated 120 km off the UK’s Norfolk coast.