Associated Press
Posted on Sun, Jan. 21, 2007
HOUSTON – An ambitious repair project has brought back to life the most prolific oil-producing platform in the Gulf of Mexico after it was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
The 36,500-ton Royal Dutch Shell Mars platform is now producing more oil than pre-Katrina.
“The Mars recovery operation is quite a success story,” said Elmer Danenberger, chief of offshore regulatory programs for the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service.