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    1. Subsea

    Blue Ocean sets subsea well intervention records

    July 31, 2014
    Blue Ocean Technologies LLC, a riserless subsea well intervention company, has set industry records in subsea well intervention by intervening in, and subsequently conducting P&A on, a production gas well in 6,700 ft (2,042 m) of water and 12,600 ft (3,840 m) downhole, without a riser.
    Blue Ocean Technologies is setting records in subsea well intervention with its interchangeable riserless intervention system (IRIS).
    Blue Ocean Technologies is setting records in subsea well intervention with its interchangeable riserless intervention system (IRIS).

    Offshore staff

    THE WOODLANDS, Texas– Blue Ocean Technologies LLC, a riserless subsea well intervention company, has set industry records in subsea well intervention by intervening in, and subsequently conducting P&A on, a production gas well in 6,700 ft (2,042 m) of water and 12,600 ft (3,840 m) downhole, without a riser.

    This intervention took place in Atwater Valley block 426, 130 nautical mi (240 km) south-southeast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, in theGulf of Mexico. Blue Ocean Technologies completed the well with its interchangeable riserless intervention system (IRIS), using a dynamically positioned vessel as the work platform.

    IRIS has completed numerous riserless (open-water) wireline runs, pulling and resetting horizontal tree plugs and deploying a variety of intervention tools multiple times, including gauges, bailers, perforating guns, a camera, and a logging tool. Each run represents a new industry record for riserless intervention.

    This project marks the first time that wireline has been successfully run in open water at depths of 6,700 ft (2,042 m).

    07/31/2014