Helix Fast Response System

Industry has had two responses to the above requirement in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon incident. They are the Helix Fast Response System and the Marine Well Containment System (MWCC). The BOEMRE required that companies use one of these two systems before drilling permits could be issued following the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Both companies reported that their systems were ready in February 2011, although the MWCC System will undergo much more development. 

The Helix Energy Solutions Group, headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, is an international offshore energy company that was instrumental in developing the containment systems used for the Macondo well blowout. Based on that experience, the company developed the Helix Fast Response System (HFRS). Participants in the project pay a retainer fee and a day rate to HFRS, who wiU provide the equipment needed to control a leak. 

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