The Stim Star Angola, with DP2 dynamic positioning capability, will provide advanced stimulation technology and is fully equipped to handle all phases of production stimulation including acidizing, acid fracturing, proppant fracturing and sand control.
Halliburton’s completion and production division is launching a next generation stimulation vessel, the Stim Star Angola, in response to operators’ needs for stimulation treatments on offshore West Africa assets.
Halliburton claim the new vessel will serve as a platform for delivering technology and help reduce rig downtime and associated costs for operators.
“Offshore Angola is one of the premier deepwater basins on the globe,” said Marc Edwards, vice president of Production Enhancement, within Halliburton’s Completion and Production division. “With the new Stim Star Angola stimulation vessel, operators will have cost-effective access to all phases of production stimulation including acidizing, fracturing, sand control and conformance solutions for this developing deepwater market.”
Certified for DP2 dynamic positioning, the Stim Star Angola will be capable of working in difficult sea conditions in deepwater locations at tension leg platforms, drill ships, large semi-submersibles, or single wellheads. Cycle time will be minimized by the vessel’s proppant, acid and liquid additives capacity, which permits loading sufficient material for multiple treatments, reducing trips to the dock. Cycle time will also be reduced by using the vessel’s onboard crane and water maker system.
The vessel is capable of delivering specialised fracturing and acidizing treatments supported by the latest technology developments, including the patented SurgiFrac service for fracturing deviated and horizontal wellbores.
The Stim Star Angola will be available by the third quarter of 2009 and will be based in Soyo, Angola.
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