Blue Ocean Technologies LLC’s Interchangeable Riserless Intervention System (IRIS) recently intervened on a deepwater production well in the Gulf of Mexico’s Desoto Canyon reaching a record-breaking 2,499 m (8,200 ft), the company said in a press release.
The patented IRIS is an ROV-compatible, fully integrated, multifunctional system that streamlines subsea interventions, successfully completing numerous open-water wireline runs. This project marks the first time that wireline has been successfully run in open water at 2,499 m deep.
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