Weatherford/lamb, Inc.

Kevin Quick

Karsten Heidecke

Ronald Van Petegem

Egill Abrahamsen

Brian Michael Carline

Doyle Frederick Boutwell, Jr

Methods and apparatus for installing deepwater completions and performing well intervention from a vessel that can perform other duties while not running completions or performing interventions. The system for installing deepwater completions and performing well intervention may comprise a surface pipe handling and deployment package including a horizontally operated rig that may also be operated in a slanted mode. Deepwater completions may be deployed from the vessel via a buoyant horizontal riser (BHR), which may be supported by a submerged buoyant tensioning system (BTS). In this manner, the cost of performing completion or intervention operations may be significantly reduced compared to such operations run from a drilling rig.

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Plantersville, TX, United States of America

Kevin Quick