The Helix Q4000 is a DP3 semisubmersible, purpose-built vessel for subsea well intervention, field and well decommissioning in water depths to 10,000-ft. Since its inaugural service in the Gulf of Mexico in 2002, the Q4000 has established itself as a …

The Q4000 is a DP3 semisubmersible vessel purpose-built for well intervention and construction in water depths to 10,000 ft. Because of its stable design and unique open deck, the Q4000 is an optimal platform for a wide variety of tasks, including subsea well intervention, field and well decommissioning, installation and recovery of subsea ...

Q4000 is a multi-purpose oil field construction and intervention vessel ordered in 1999 by Cal Dive International, and was built at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas for $180 million.

Dec 9, 2020 · HOUSTON – Helix Energy Solutions and SBS Energy (SBS) have set an offshore snubbing unit/hydraulic workover world record onboard the Q4000 after completing the Ozona flowline cleanout to a length of 28,789 ft (8,775 m) on Garden Banks block 515 in …

Mar 27, 2015 · Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) announced today that it has entered into a new multi-year contract with Shell to provide well intervention services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico...

The Helix Q4000 is a DP3 semisubmersible vessel specifically designed for subsea well intervention, field and well decommissioning in water depths up to 10,000 feet.

The Q4000 was the primary well intervention vessel used, and after the well was finally killed, the Q4000 raised the enormous Blow Out Preventer (BOP) to the surface with her 600T Multi Purpose...

Mar 26, 2015 · HOUSTON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 26, 2015-- Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) announced today that it has entered into a new multi-year contract with Shell to provide well intervention services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico utilizing Helix’s Q4000.

HOUSTON, TX – Cal Dive's semi-submersible Multi-Service Vessel, the Q4000, has successfully completed her first well operations project, following several successful construction projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil.

This summer, UT Austin outfitted the Q4000 to new ends. The rig was turned into a scientific drilling vessel, one that could take core samples of methane hydrate — a super-compressed form of gas trapped inside a cage of water ice, and one of the largest caches of carbon on the planet.