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
Links
- Gulf Of Mexico Permanent Deepwater Structures
- Gulf Of Mexico Deepwater Natural Gas And Oil Qualified Fields
- Fiberbond North America Offshore Platform References
- International Protective Coatings Platform References
- Nexans Norway Umbilical References
- Samsung Platform References
- 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
- TechnipFMC Awarded a Significant Integrated EPCI (iEPCI™) Contract for the Shell PowerNap project in the Gulf of Mexico