BSEE: 39% GOM Oil Production Shut Due to Hurricane Francine


   
    

    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) --- The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
this afternoon reported 38.56% or 674,833 bpd of current oil production in the 
Gulf of Mexico shuttered in response to what is now Hurricane Francine. This 
compares with 412,070 bpd shut-in yesterday.

   BSEE has activated its Hurricane Response Team and is monitoring offshore 
oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico as they evacuate platforms and rigs 
in response to the storm. The team will work with offshore operators and other 
state and federal agencies until operations return to normal and the storm is 
no longer a threat to GOM oil and gas activities.

   Data from 41 company reports show 48.77% of natural gas production in the 
GOM shut-in as of 11:30 CDT today, up from 25.66% yesterday.

   Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 171 production platforms, 46% 
of the 371 manned platforms in the GOM, up from 35% on Tuesday (9/10). 
Personnel have been evacuated from three non-dynamically positioned rigs versus 
two a day ago. There are five of these rigs in total currently operating in the 
Gulf.

   A total of four DP rigs have moved off location out of the storm's path as a 
precaution, up from three Tuesday, or 20% of the 20 DP rigs currently operating 
in the Gulf.




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