Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
KRATZ OWEN E
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC [HLX] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
PRESIDENT & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
400 N SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY E, SUITE 400		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/24/2008
(Street)

HOUSTON, TX 77060		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
03/25/2008		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 03/24/2008   C   431,871 (1) D $ 29.18 3,382,116 (2) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Futures Contract (obligations to sell) $ 25.2 03/24/2008   C     500,000 03/24/2008 03/24/2008(1) Common Stock 500,000 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KRATZ OWEN E
400 N SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY E
SUITE 400
HOUSTON, TX 77060		   X     PRESIDENT & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ A. Wade Pursell, by power of attorney   03/26/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On February 24, 2005, the reporting person entered into a three-year Forward Sale Agreement with an unaffiliated third party. The agreement obligated the reporting person to deliver up to 1,000,000 shares of Helix Common Stock in two installments of up to 500,000 on March 10,2008 and up to 500,000 shares on March 24, 2008. The number of shares to be delivered by the reporting preson was to be based on the closing price of Helix Common Stock on each of the applicable settlement dates. As a result of this agreement and based on a maturity-date price equal to $29.18, the reporting person was required to deliver 431,871 shares of Helix Common Stock on March 24, 2008.
(2) Mr. Kratz also has indirect holdings of 1,000,000 shares owned by Joss Investments Limited Partnership, the general partner of which is an entity that Mr. Kratz controls.

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