Houston. More than a quarter of the crude oil production and almost 17 percent of the natural gas production of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico is offline after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, the US high energy regulator reported this Saturday. sea.
The storm entered the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday as a powerful category three hurricane and moved into the central Gulf, causing oil companies to evacuate dozens of production and drilling facilities.
Rafael has weakened to a tropical storm, but will move across the central Gulf for at least the next two days, according to the National Hurricane Center.
On Saturday, production equivalent to 490,241 barrels of oil and 313 million cubic feet of natural gas was closed, reported the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Standards Control (BSEE).
Federal oil production in the Gulf of Mexico represents 15 percent of total U.S. crude oil production and 2 percent of dry natural gas production.
Oil and gas workers have been evacuated from 41 of the 371 manned production platforms, and seven drillships have been moved out of the storm’s path, the BSEE said.
Losses caused by the storm this week have amounted to 1.59 million barrels of oil and 826 million cubic feet of natural gas, according to BSEE data.
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