Hornbeck Offshore Services, which merged with Helix Energy Solutions two months ago, has entered into multiple agreements with Shell Offshore for the provision of deepwater services in the U.S. Gulf of America.
The company announced today, November 2, that it shall provide a comprehensive range of integrated deepwater services to Shell, including riser-based well intervention, riserless well intervention stimulation support, and marine transportation.
Hornbeck plans to deploy a technologically advanced riser-based well intervention vessel combined with an intervention riser system (IRS) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), a high-specification multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) combined with ROVs, as well as deepwater Jones Act-compliant offshore supply vessel(s) (OSVs) supporting the two vessels.
The riser-based well intervention vessel and support vessel are contracted for five years, with operations scheduled to begin in 2027.
“We are excited to expand our longstanding relationship with Shell. We look forward to delivering integrated services through a unique combination of high-specification assets in the deepwater basins of the U.S. Gulf of America. This exemplifies the breadth and depth of what the complementary combination of Hornbeck Offshore and Helix Energy Solutions can now deliver to the market,” said Todd M. Hornbeck, Hornbeck’s President and CEO.
To remind, Texas-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions and Hornbeck Offshore Services, a Louisiana-headquartered supplier of offshore transport services, completed their merger in September, establishing what they describe as a premier integrated offshore services company.
Hornbeck shareholders own approximately 55% and Helix shareholders approximately 45% of the combined company, which has assumed the Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. name. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and Covington, Louisiana.
Some two weeks later, Hornbeck reported the award of a multi-year decommissioning contract with a “major operator”, set to commence in the North Sea next year.
