'' Helix Producer 1 '' has a Disconectable Transfer system ( DTS ) designed and supplied by Flexible Engineered Solutions LTD ( FES ) , UK , and consists of a riser buoy supporting sub-sea risers and control umbilicals that would be connected to a deep water well and can be released from the hull , allowing the vessel to move out of the way of an approaching hurricane . After the storm , the vessel would return to the site and reconnect the buoy resuming normal oil extraction . It is operated by the Helix Energy Solutions Group and was scheduled to operate on the Phoenix Oil Field in the Gulf of Mexico , but on 14 June 2010 Helix announced that the ship would be directed to assist BP at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Helix Producer 1