As previously announced, Shell plans to shut down its Mars tension leg platform (TLP) late in the first quarter of 2005 to replace the flexjoints on both its oil and natural gas export lines.

Damage to Shell's Mars tension-leg platform in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico looks to be less severe than the operator initially expected, but the supermajor is not budging from its aim of restoring ...

Heerema Marine Contractors has received a notice of award from Shell for support work on Shell Mars Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The project is scheduled for November this year. Heerema Marine ...

HOUSTON, March 28 (Reuters) - Shell Oil Co. has finished reinstalling a drilling rig on its Mars platform that was damaged during Hurricane Katrina, the company said Wednesday. The rig, on the ...