Shell also announced plans to build its second TLP to develop its Mars field in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mars TLP will be installed by 1996 in 2,933 feet (893.9 m) of water, surpassing Auger's ...

Completed off the Mars Tension Leg Platform in 2,940 feet of water, the Mars A-16 injection well represents the application of a number of new technologies for Shell in the Gulf of Mexico.

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.

of water. Ram-Powell established a new world's water depth record for an oil and gas production platform — a record previously held by Shell's Mars TLP in 2,940 ft. of water. "Ram-Powell is our ...