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.

According to the operator, subsea construction contractor Cal Dive mobilised its multi-service vessel Intrepid on 7 June to inspect the pipeline flex joints on Auger, Brutus and Ursa, as a precaution.

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 ...

Royal Dutch Shell plc’s (RDS.A) wholly-owned subsidiary, Shell Offshore Inc., resumed oil production at its Mars and Ursa platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, months after hurricane Ida forced it to ...