MARS GULF OF MEXICO, USA
In the Gulf of Mexico, Mars is located on the Mississippi Canyon.
The first step of this project was about $1.0 billion USD with over 50 percent spent on manufacturing of the platform.
The Tension Leg Platform was designed to endure hurricanes and hard ocean waves. It was built jointly by Belleli
SpA and McDermott in Italy. There are five independent components comprising of accommodations, hydro, production,
drilling and wellbay. The TLP is connected to the sea floor through a network of tendons. This platform is fully
self sufficient.
Heeremac installed the TLP final stages in May of 1996. The current production is in the region of 20,000 plus
barrels of oil. Oil is offloaded from the TLP via the Mars pipeline, ringing in around $135 million USD for a 115
mile pipeline system.
The Mars pipeline connects into the main feed serving National processing markets and it is the largest oil patch
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The Mars tension leg platform, on location in Mississippi
Canyon block 807 in 2940ft of water.
Schematic of the topside of the Mars TLP.
Mars is averaging an output of about 21,000 barrels of
oil and 25 million ft3 of natural gas per day.
Mars pipelines and their capacities.
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