Forbes.com: Shell to Keep Oil & Gas Platform Closed
Associated Press
06.07.2004, 15:13 PM
Shell Exploration & Production Co. will keep its Mars Tension Leg Platform oil and gas production facility shut down longer than anticipated, the company said Monday.
The company, a unit of oil joint venture Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., said it shut down the Gulf of Mexico facility May 22 after discovering a small leak from an oil pipeline. After discovering signs of deterioration to a natural gas export line, the company said it would keep the facility closed longer than the three weeks that were originally anticipated.