Mars Oil and Gas Field

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Summary Information

Operator: Shell Country: USA Location: Mississippi Canyon Blocks 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 850, 851, 853 & 854, Gulf of Mexico Production start: 1996 Partners: Shell (71.5% & operator) and BP (28.5%) Type: Oil & Gas Estimated Reserves: Production Volume: Description

One of the largest oil fields in the Gulf, the development utilises a tension leg platform (TLP) installed in 2,933 feet of water Oil is transported via the Mars Crude Oil Pipeline to the Fourchon terminal and the Clovelly Terminal The Europa Oil And Gas Field is tied back to the Mars Platform Gas is transported on the Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline Mars B Project: The development is centred around a Tension Leg Platform, the Olympus drilling and production platform It is the largest, floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico The Shell Mars B development includes subsea wells at the West Boreas and South Deimos fields, export pipelines, and a shallow-water platform, located at West Delta 143, near the Louisiana coast. Contractors

Belleli: Construction of TLP Nexans: E/H Umbilical Mars B Project:

Samsung: Construction of TLP Hull Kiewit: Fabrication and integration of a 5,000-ton, 192 person-on-board (POB) living quarters for the Shell Olympus Topsides Dril-Quip: Subsea wellhead equipment, production riser tieback connectors and drilling riser components for the Olympus TLP FMC Technologies: Six subsea production trees, each rated at 15,000 psi & manufacture and provide subsea and topside controls, one manifold and related systems and equipment Technip: Supply of Umbilical Nexans: Deimos E/H Umbilical History

1989 - Mars Oil And Gas Field discovered 1996 - Mars TLP installed 1996 - First oil produced 2010 - Final investment decision for the Mars B project 2014 - Mars B production comes on stream Geology

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International Protective Coatings Platform References Nexans Norway Umbilical References Samsung Platform References Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields Mars B, Shell Kiewit, Project New growth for Shell in Upstream Americas Dril-Quip, Inc. Awarded $27 Million Contract for the Supply of Subsea Equipment FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for Shell Offshore Inc.'s West Boreas Project Technip awarded umbilical contracts in the US Shell starts production from second Mars platform in deep water Gulf of Mexico

  1. TechnipFMC Awarded a Significant Integrated EPCI (iEPCI™) Contract for the Shell PowerNap project in the Gulf of Mexico