XP Mobile Shears Reduce Massive Oil Platforms to Pieces Despite the downturn in the oil market, the hundreds of platforms dotting the Gulf of Mexico still need to be maintained and, in many instances, replaced. When the latter occurs, the platforms are usually partially disassembled at sea, where the larger components are placed on barges and sent to Gibson, La., the home of Modern American Recycling Services (MARS). There, owner Dwight “Butch” Caton and a team of scrap recycling professionals combine mobile shear technology with traditional processing methods, reducing the massive rig components to manageable sized scrap in an impressively short period of time. A native of Alabama, but living in Ohio at the time, Butch Caton became enamored with the concept of scrap recycling in 1971 when

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