Dover is Shell's Second U.S. Offshore Startup This Year

April 10, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In its second major announcement for operations in the Gulf of Mexico this year, Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) (London, England) said that production started at its Dover prospect. Dover marks the second startup in the Gulf of Mexico for Shell this year. Joined by Chevron Corporation's (NYSE:CVX) (Houston, Texas), the company in January announced the start of production from the Whale facility, situated in the Alaminos Canyon Block about 200 miles south of Houston, Texas.