Shell’s Olympus platform readies for Gulf of Mexico journey
The 10 million-pound drilling rig for Shell’s Olympus oil platform will begin a four-day voyage along the Texas coast on Thursday to be joined with its massive hull. See photos of the record-setting platform’s construction and journey across the ocean. More »
Long journey for oil platform hull ends in Texas
The hull of Royal Dutch Shell’s Olympus offshore platform traveled 18,000 miles from South Korea. It arrived Saturday at a Texas port where it will be assembled before it sails to its final location in the Gulf of Mexico. More »
Shell's Odum swings big iron in the Gulf
Shell Oil Co. President Marvin Odum, shown here at the Shell Houston Open, talks to us about the oil major’s outlook in the Gulf of Mexico and the costs of the drilling moratorium. (Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle) More »
Shell goes all in with Gulf deep-water platform
Shell Oil plans to build the Olympus production platform to serve the Mars fields in the Gulf of Mexico. More »
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