Houston. More than a quarter of US oil production and 16 percent of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remained paralyzed after Storm Rafael, the US offshore energy regulator reported on Sunday.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) reported that 482,790 barrels of oil and 310 million cubic feet of natural gas remained offline on Sunday.
Oil and gas workers remained evacuated from 37 of the region’s 371 production platforms, or about 10 percent, while two drilling vessels remained outside their previous locations, according to the BSEE.
Production losses due to shutdowns caused by Rafael to date amount to 2.07 million barrels of oil and 1.12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to BSEE data.
Federal offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico represents about 15 percent of total U.S. crude oil production and 2 percent of dry natural gas production.
The storm has been downgraded to a tropical storm after entering the Gulf on Wednesday as a major hurricane. According to the US National Hurricane Center, it is expected to move through the central Gulf of Mexico and turn south and southwest on Monday and Tuesday.
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