C-Innovation, LLC (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has been awarded a significant contract to perform Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) activities for BP in the Gulf of Mexico.

The initial contract calls for both mechanical as well as hydraulic acid stimulations, which will be executed from C-I’s flagship Gulf of Mexico assets, the offshore construction and light well intervention vessels Island Venture and Island Performer.

The work will be performed in water depths of up to 6,500 feet on different assets within the Gulf of Mexico and is currently forecasted to commence as early as July 2019.

David Sheetz, C-I Subsea Manager, said, “This Well Intervention award from BP is a continuation of other Subsea Intervention work C-I is performing as the main contract holder. This contract compliments the multi-year IMR agreement currently in place with BP and other operators in the Gulf of Mexico. We look forward to continuing to grow our relationship with BP by offering unique and cost effective turnkey solutions.”

C-Innovation will be utilizing Wild Well’s 7Series Subsea Well Intervention System, a hydraulic stimulation kit from Caltex Oil Tools as well as the full suite of Halliburton’s numerous wireline, E-Line, coil tubing and pumping units.

C-Innovation, LLC, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has opened a new dock facility in Port Fourchon, La., to expand the capabilities of its Subsea Services group.

With more than 550 ft of open quayside, Bayou Lafourche is a main entrance into the facility, which is supplied with a Manitowoc 777 crane and forklifts for rapid mobilizations of C-I’s subsea construction and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) fleet of vessels, including the 525 ft long Island Venture offshore construction vessel.

The dock facility, which will be manned 24 hours a day, will serve as the base for C-I’s Fourchon operations and features client offices, conference rooms with full streaming connectivity, bunk houses and parking for offshore crews.

David Sheetz, subsea manager, C-I, said, “This new facility supports our mission of serving as the single source for subsea solutions. By having our own dedicated dock facility, we can immediately respond to customers’ needs and instantly mobilize resources. By storing critical components locally in Fourchon instead of mobilizing from our main base in Mandeville, we can more efficiently reduce operating expenditure, which will improve efficiency and decrease costs for our customers.”

The new facility is located at the end of AJ Estay Road and was previously known as the Martin South Terminal.

C-Innovation, an ECO-affiliated company, recently completed a successful well intervention project onboard the ISLAND VENTURE safely and without any impact to the environment in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP’s lead engineer on the project, Dale Pumphrey, had this to say upon completion of the 3 1/2-week project:

I would like to say thank you and recognize the Island Venture team and BP GSE team for their excellent execution of the DC 323 Seal-Tite Intervention.

The team executed the intervention with no accidents, no incidents and no harm to the environment. All APM requirements were met with no INCs. The team successfully placed 253 [barrels] of Seal-Tite into the DC 323 Annulus by executing 41 lube and bleed cycles. This work was done efficiently with very minimal downtime.

—Dale Pumphrey, BP

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We are excited to announce that C-Innovation, LLC recently signed contracts for two new Schilling HDs. The systems are scheduled for delivery later this year, bringing our total number of ROVs to 55.

“It is nice to be putting systems back to work, as we are currently in the process of conducting the mobilization of two existing systems. Hopefully, this is an indication that our industry is getting busy again,” said Richard Bourque, General Manager of C-Innovation, LLC.