Q4000
| 280px Drilling vessel Helix Q4000 at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Q4000 |
| Owner: | Cal Dive International |
| Operator: | Helix Energy Solutions |
| Port of registry: | Houston, Texas |
| Ordered: | 1999 |
| Builder: |
Keppel AmFELS Brownsville, Texas |
| Cost: | US$156 million |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1999 |
| Completed: | 07 March 2002 |
| Identification: |
Call sign: WDA6676 DNV ID: 24342 IMO number: 8767123 ABS class no.: 0239326 MMSI no: 369550000 |
| Status: | Operational |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: |
American Bureau of Shipping A1, Column Stabilized MODU |
| Tonnage: | 14,802 GT |
| Length: | 95.1754 m (312.255 ft) |
| Beam: | 62.7856 m (205.990 ft) |
| Depth: | 29.6243 m (97.193 ft) |
| Deck clearance: | 9,436.1 mm (371.50 in) |
| Speed: | 12 kts |
| Crew: | 133 |
| Notes: | [1] |
Q4000 is a unique multi-purpose oil field construction and intervention vessel.
Vessel design
Q4000 was commissioned in 1999 by Cal Dive International, and was built at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. She was delivered in 2002 within the $180 million budget, and operates under the flag of the United States.[3] She is operated by Helix Energy Solutions Group.[4]
Q4000 also has a unique column-stabilized semi-submersible design that combines dynamically positioned station-keeping with a large deck space, significant deck load capacity and a high transit speed of 12 knots. The vessel provides a stable platform for a wide variety of tasks, including subsea completion, decommissioning and coiled tubing deployment, and she is specifically designed for oil well intervention and construction in depths of up to 3048 meters of water.
Features: [5]
- dynamic positioning with 6 azmuthing thrusters
- a multi-purpose Huisman designed three-sided tower capable of fulfilling all traditional derrick roles
- two cranes with lifting capacities of up to 360 Tonnes
- seabed access to 3048 meters
- an 11.9 meter x 6.4 meter moonpool
- a 7 3/8 inch intervention riser system (The vessel was refitted with a slimbore drilling capability in 2008).
- a 3048 meter heavy weather ROV system
- an overall deck capacity of 4,000 Te.
Deepwater Horizon spill response
Q4000 is currently in the Gulf of Mexico participating in the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The vessel was used to position the large containment dome and also to attempt the "top kill" in which large quantities of drilling mud were pumped down the Q4000 drilling pipe into the failed Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer valve (BOP) in an attempt to stop the flow of oil. Both attempts failed to stop the oil leaking from the well. The Q4000 remains on the scene of the oil spill and is now assisting the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in further attempts to stop the leak.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ABS Record: Q4000". American Bureau of Shipping. 2010. http://www.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesseldetailsprinparticular?Classno=0239326. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ↑ "Q4000". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. 2010. https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=owner&vesselid=24342. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ↑ "Cal Dive takes delivery of Q4000". Offshore Shipping Online:. 12 April 2002. http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=2975. Retrieved 07 June 2010.
- ↑ Noah Brenner; Anthea Pitt (28 May 2010). "BP calls in FPSO for Macondo". Upstream Online. http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article217033.ece. Retrieved 07 June 2010.
- ↑ Q4000. Helix Well Ops. 9 September 2008. http://www.helixesg.com/Portals/0/PDFs/WellOps/Q4000.pdf. Retrieved 07 June 2010.
External links
- Q4000 current position at VesselTracker
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