BP lets contract to Oceaneering for RLWI services offshore Angola

BP Plc has let a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. to provide comprehensive riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services offshore Angola in Blocks 18 and 31. Offshore operations are scheduled to begin in this year’s second quarter, with completion expected in the late fall.

Oceaneering will provide personnel and equipment related to its RLWI services, remotely operated vehicles, survey services, and communication services integrated onto a chartered multi-purpose vessel.  The services are contracted to support a multi-well campaign designed to include mechanical well interventions, well stimulations, and tree change-outs. Oceaneering's work scope also includes project management, engineering, systems integration, offshore management, and project crews. 

The contract follows an intervention campaign by Oceaneering in the same region in late 2018 and early 2019 for BP and its co-developers. 

Rod Larson, president and chief executive officer of Oceaneering, said performing RLWI from a multi-purpose vessel “is a viable, more efficient alternative for production enhancement compared to performing similar services from a rig or purpose-built intervention vessel.”

The value of the award is reflected in the company’s Dec. 31, 2019, subsea products backlog.