Revisiting the impact of hurricanes, months later, looks chronic, and a very slow recovery:
MMS: Little Recovery In US Gulf Oil, Gas Output Friday
14:31 EST Friday, Dec 02, 2005
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas volumes shut-in as a result of recent hurricanes showed little improvement Friday, according to data released by the federal Minerals Management Service.
About 539,074 barrels of oil a day, or 35.9% of Gulf oil output, remained off- line, an MMS release said, a slight recovery from 36.5% on Thursday.
Shut-in natural gas volumes stood at 2.94 billion cubic feet a day, or 29.4% of daily gas production, a minimal improvement over 29.6% on Thursday.
Cumulative oil production shut-in since Aug. 26 - when Hurricane Katrina triggered the first wave of evacuations in the Gulf - reached 97 million barrels Friday, or 17.7% of yearly Gulf crude oil output.
Total lost natural gas production amounted to 501.2 billion cubic feet, or 13.73% of the region's annual gas output.
About 132 platforms remained evacuated, the same as Thursday.
Gulf Of Mexico Production Outage Volumes Since Hurricane
Katrina
DATE OIL SHUT IN GAS SHUT IN
(B/D) (BCF/D)
Dec 02 539,074 2.94
Dec 01 547,074 2.96
Nov 30 547,223 2.97
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 |
