HOUSTON, Sept. 6-- The Mars tension-leg platform (TLP), heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, currently is producing 190,000 boe/d (gross), Shell Exploration & Production Co.

Petrobras could cancel a tender for the P-61 oil platform after prices came in higher than expected. The platform would have been the first TLP installed in Brazil, destined for production at the Papa ...