US Gulf of Mexico oil and gas producers had shut in about 25.08% of current oil production and 16.37% of current natural gas production as of Wednesday, as operators responded to Tropical Storm Isaias, according to the Marine Minerals Administration.
The regulator said personnel had been evacuated from eight production platforms, representing 2.16% of the 371 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. It also said personnel had been evacuated from two non-dynamically positioned rigs, equivalent to 18.8% of the 11 rigs of that type currently operating in the Gulf.
In addition, one dynamically positioned rig moved off location out of the storm’s path as a precaution, the MMA added. The agency said it was monitoring offshore oil and gas operators as they evacuate platforms and rigs in response to the storm.
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru; Editing by Nia Williams)