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The US Coast Guard medevaced a 56-year-old man from the 'Helix Producer 1', approximately 95 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Feb 17, 2024. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report from the Helix Producer 1 of a crew member experiencing kidney stone symptoms. Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter anda Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry to assist. The helicopter arrived on scene, landed on the helicopter pad, transferred the man aboard and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at the University Medical Center, New Orleans. The man was last reported to be in stable condition. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3680287/coast-guard-medevacs-man-near-port-fourchon-la/

The Helix Producer 1 (HP-1), a former Baltic Sea train ferry, now floating production unit in the Gulf of Mexico, was forced to hit the emergency disconnect button and shut-in production while on location at the Phoenix Field in Green Canyon Block 237 yesterday. Talos Energy, the operator of the field notes in a statement that the vessel, owned by Helix Energy Solutions Group, “experienced a power outage at 1:45 p.m. CST on Friday while testing the ship power management system.” Prior to the emergency disconnect, the vessel was producing at a rate of 13,500 barrels of oil per day while dynamically positioned in 2000 feet of water. Less than a gallon of hydrocarbons were released into the environment, the company notes. Talos adds that although electrical power has since been restored, production has not yet resumed while an investigation into the incident is launched by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Helix ESG and Talos Energy.

Bad weather with wave heights of 2,5 metres kept the "Helix Producer 1" from being connected to the riser in the Gulf of Mexico until July 7.