Shell Offshore restarted production at their Mars and Ursa platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and began exporting oil and gas through the West Delta-143 (WD-143) "A" facility.
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"Our Hurricane Ida recovery efforts are the latest example of how our people come together with great determination to tackle the biggest challenges of the day," said Zoe Yujnovich, Upstream Director.
"We are proud to have safely restored our full production in the US Gulf of Mexico, where the barrels are among the lowest GHG intensity in the world."
On October 1, Shell safely and successfully re-started production at their Olympus platform in the Gulf of Mexico and began exporting oil and gas through the West Delta-143 (WD-143) "C" facility. When Mars and Ursa are fully ramped up, they will have 100% of Shell-operated production in the Gulf of Mexico back online, ahead of schedule from their initial estimates.
The WD-143 facilities serve as the transfer station for all production from their assets in the Mars corridor in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico to onshore crude terminals. Production from Olympus flows across WD-143 "C" while production from their Mars and Ursa facilities flow across WD-143 "A".
The WD-143 platform, owned by Shell Offshore Inc. (71.5%) and BP Exploration & Production Inc (28.5%), is operated by Shell Pipeline Company LP.
The Mars corridor consists of Shell-operated tension leg platforms Mars, Olympus, and Ursa.
Mars and Olympus ownership is: Shell Offshore Inc. (71.5%) and BP Exploration & Production Inc. (28.5%), respectively. Ursa ownership is: Shell Offshore Inc. (45.3884%), BP Exploration & Production Inc. (22.6916%), ExxonMobil Corporation (15.9600%), and ConocoPhillips Company (15.9600%). ■
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