Shell to Shut Gulf Mars Platform in Second Quarter for Work
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc will shut the Mars deep-water platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in the second quarter for planned work, according to a company spokeswoman.
Shell, based in the Hague, will perform maintenance on the site, located about 130 miles (209 kilometers) south of New Orleans, and conduct work related to a second platform, the Olympus, that the company is building in the Mars field, Emily Oberton, a Houston-based spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.