News
|
2009 |
2010
|
jan |
feb |
mar |
apr |
may |
jun |
jul |
aug |
sep |
oct |
nov |
dec |
Helix Producer I will be presented at the next MTS Houston Section luncheon
June 22,
2010
-
Helix Producer I will be the main subject of the presentation at the next Marine Technology Society Houston Section luncheon on June 24 held by G Kevin Robison, Senior Executive with Helix Energy, involved in Asset Management, Sales, capital projects and business development, with more than 30 years of professional work experience.
Helix Producer I is a monohull, ship-shaped disconnectable floating production vessel designed to process hydrocarbons from subsea wells. It has a process package capable of producing 30,000BOPD, 70MMSCFD, and 50,000BWPD. The vessel is a conversion of Karl Carstens, a 1986-built ice-class train ferry. The first phase of the conversion was undertaken at the Viktor Lenac Shipyard (completed in 2008) where the vessel was upgraded with seven 12MW electric thrusters and dual 4,000-pound hydraulic thrusters for dynamic-positioning capability, the installation of new living quarters, and the addition of full-length sponsons on each side of the vessel for deck space, and payload capacity to accommodate the production facilities. It is the largest conversion project ever completed by Viktor Lenac.
Designed specifically to serve smaller, deepwater oil fields over the life of the facility, but also suitable for use as an Early Production Test Vessel (EPTV), the dynamically positioned 161 m vessel is equipped with a disconnectable transfer system (DTS), developed by Helix. This allows the vessel to be rapidly disconnected from flowlines, pipelines and umbilicals and seek shelter from severe weather or during conditions when onsite positioning cannot be maintained. On returning to the site, the DTS buoy, which supports the risers, can be retrieved and reconnected to the vessel allowing processing operations to resume.
Helix Producer I is the Gulf of Mexico’s first dynamically-positioned floating production vessel.