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Shell’s Deep Water Portfolio in the Gulf of Mexico

In the Gulf of Mexico, Shell currently operates a number of different types of platforms and systems.  Shell has been an offshore pioneer in the Gulf of Mexico for over six decades and has achieved exceptional technological milestones in the design, construction and operation of world-class oil and gas producing assets.

Recent Project Start-Ups

Projects in Development

Appomattox Deep-Water Project

Appomattox, a deep-water oil and gas development that will be Shell’s largest floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Appomattox Deep-Water Project
Appomattox Deep-Water Project

Overview of the Gulf of Mexico

We currently operate seven major deep water and ultra deep water floating platforms, 5 fixed structure facilities and platforms, numerous subsea production systems, and one of the largest contracted drilling rig fleets in the Gulf of Mexico. We are also part owner of four producing projects in the Gulf of Mexico operated by other oil and gas companies.

The core of our daily work in deep water Gulf of Mexico consists of producing oil and gas using our existing production facilities, as well as drilling wells to grow production from our existing fields and to find and develop newly-discovered fields. Our focus is on safety, excellence in asset performance, and respect for people and the environment using a mindset of “never complacent, always improving.”

Floating Platforms

Auger; Brutus; Mars; Olympus; Perdido; Ram Powell; Ursa.

Fixed Structure Facilities and Platforms

Cougar; Brazos A19; Enchilada; Salsa; West Delta (WD) 143.

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