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MV is Connor Bordelon the host vessel for Baker

Vessels

Hughes new StimFORCE stimulation system in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nina Rach went to

Houma, Louisiana, to see the modular installation.

StimFORCE prowls the Gulf

Behind the sleek bow and spacious superstructure of MV Connor Bordelon aker Hughes recently con- pumping package, with skid-based equip- are the StimFORCE system modules. structed a new stimulation vessel ment, customizable to any convenient

Photo by Nina Rach.

B dedicated to the Gulf of Mexico vessel of opportunity. The system can market, the StimFORCEGoM. It’s the be shipped and assembled on a platform allows for multiple well acid or chemical newest addition to the company’s ? eet supply vessel (PSV), barge, or offshore treatments in a single trip, without the of vessels, facilitating well stimulation, rig, mounted on a grid framework and need to return to the dock and resupply,” production enhancement, acidizing, and secured to the vessel. said Kevin Wetherington, BHI vice presi- sand control operations. The StimFORCE system is DNV 2.7-1 dent, Gulf of Mexico Geomarket. certi? ed and CE marked. The equipment “The vessel’s ? uid system, quality con- Kevin Wetherington, Baker Hughes’

System design meets ISO dimensional standards. trol laboratory and remote data acquisi- Vice President for the Gulf of Mexico

The Baker Hughes StimFORCE modular tion services ensure critical pumping Geomarket, talked with Nina Rach about stimulation system includes a ? exible stimulation system includes a ? exible information is available.” the Gulf of Mexico and the company’s

StimFORCE GoM

It’s equipped with ? ve Baker Hughes JobMaster software new StimFORCE well stimulation vessel.

15,000psi (103.4MPa) package is integrated into the system,

OE: triplex pumps, and two and simpli? es all operation phases. The Tell us about your work in the

Scan this page with the Scan this page with the ? exible steel umbilical software acquires, processes, records, region.

Actable app to see a slideshow of additioal

Wetherington: lines that can provide and displays pumping data in real-time, It’s a very exciting images on your smart- pumping rates up to allows remote control and monitor- market, one of the fastest growing in the phone or tablet.

70 bbl/min (0.22 cu ing, with secure global wireless data industry. There’s been increased activity m/s). There is 100% transmission. and investment in deepwater, especially redundancy on critical the ultra-deepwater frontier market,

Host vessel systems. with wells in water 4000ft or deeper,

There is ample stor- Baker Hughes’ new stimulation service age for large volumes modules were installed on the new- of acid or chemical build MV Connor Bordelon, operated solvents, and the addi- by Lockport, Louisiana-based Bordelon tional capacity lowers Marine LLC.

costs and reduces non- The Connor Bordelon is the ? rst of productive time. three Stingray class 260 offshore sup- “The StimFORCE ves- port vessels (OSVs) with DP2 dynamic sel’s pumping capacity positioning, built at Bordelon Marine of 8800 HHP, combined Shipbuilders yard in Houma. It was with the large, ? ex- completed in September 2013 and named

Control room monitoring screens with pressures and rates ible deck con? guration ‘Ship of the Year’ by the American Ship at wellhead, annulus, and umbilicals. Photo by Nina Rach.

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