The Mars-B project is the operator’s sixth Gulf of Mexico (GOM) tension-leg-platform (TLP) development. The Mars-B project is aiming to unlock resources over the next 50 years through the deployment of a new 24-slot TLP structure [the Olympus direct-vertical-access (DVA) TLP] and additional subsea infrastructure for the west Boreas and south Deimos fields. The Olympus rig is a novel platform drilling rig designed specifically to meet the execution requirements of complex well designs. A high-level overview of the design challenges and the resulting surface-equipment requirements of this project is discussed in this paper.
Introduction
The operator discovered the Mars field in the Mississippi Canyon Area Block 763 in 1989, located 130 miles southeast of New Orleans in approximately 3,000 ft of water.
