HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas volumes shut-in as a result of recent storms recovered slightly Tuesday, according to data released by the federal Minerals Management Service.
Some 564,229 barrels of oil a day, or 37.6% of Gulf oil output, remained off-line, an MMS release said, down from 39.6% on Monday. The recovery amounts to approximately 30,000 barrels of oil a day coming back on-line.
Shut-in natural gas volumes stood at 2.99 billion cubic feet a day, or 30% of daily gas production, a minimal improvement over 30.6% on Monday.
Cumulative oil production shut-in since Aug. 26 - when Hurricane Katrina triggered the first wave of evacuations in the Gulf - reached 95.33 million barrels on Tuesday, or 17.4% of yearly Gulf crude oil output.
Total lost natural gas production amounted to 492.37 billion cubic feet, or 13.5% of the region's annual gas output.
About 132 platforms remained evacuated, one fewer than Monday.
Gulf Of Mexico Production Outage Volumes Since Hurricane
Katrina
DATE OIL SHUT IN GAS SHUT IN
(B/D) (BCF/D)
Nov 29 564,229 2.99
Nov 28 594,421 3.06
Nov 23 615,623 3.20
Nov 22 621,233 3.22
Nov 21 633,064 3.27
Nov 18 702,556 3.62
Nov 17 717,807 3.65
Nov 16 725,218 3.71
Nov 15 725,423 3.71
Nov 14 727,054 3.74
Nov 10 736,279 4.02
Nov 09 737,136 4.03
Nov 08 738,617 4.12
Nov 07 773,097 4.48
Nov 04 780,633 4.57
Nov 03 790,610 4.72
Nov 02 957,978 5.04
Nov 01 1,000,092 5.27
Oct 31 1,015,859 5.43
Oct 28 1,017,551 5.50
Oct 27 1,022,313 5.56
Oct 26 1,022,515 5.56
Oct 25 1,033,621 5.58
Oct 24 1,018,478 5.47
Oct 21 986,805 5.33
Oct 20 967,734 5.19
Oct 19 973,084 5.24
Oct 18 982,011 5.35
Oct 17 996,291 5.50
Oct 14 1,008,909 5.65
Oct 13 1,031,261 5.67
Oct 12 1,046,462 5.92
Oct 11 1,062,530 6.04
Oct 07 1,162,913 6.44
Oct 06 1,202,364 6.63
Oct 05 1,299,928 6.89
Oct 04 1,349,617 7.17
Oct 03 1,391,926 7.50
Sep 30 1,467,577 7.94
Sep 29 1,478,780 7.98
Sep 28 1,511,715 8.03
Sep 27 1,512,937 7.86
Sep 26 1,512,937 7.84
Sep 23 1,486,877 7.20
Sep 22 1,379,000 6.59
Sep 21 1,097,357 4.71
Sep 20 877,275 3.48
Sep 19 837,648 3.38
Sep 16 840,921 3.41
Sep 15 842,091 3.52
Sep 14 843,725 3.72
Sep 13 846,720 3.78
Sep 12 860,636 3.82
Sep 10 897,605 3.82
Sep 09 898,161 3.83
Sep 08 901,726 4.02
Sep 07 860,568 4.04
Sep 06 870,374 4.16
Sep 05 1,043,681 5.23
Aug 30 1,427,969 8.80
Source: U.S. Minerals Management Service |
