Released July 10, 2019 | SUGAR LAND
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Approximately 32% of the current oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut in ahead of a potential tropical storm that is making its way eastward toward the Louisiana and Texas coastline, according to an estimate by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
The shut-in oil production equates to 602,715 barrels per day (BBL/d), the BSEE said. It also estimated that about 17.85% of natural gas production in the area, or 496.2 million cubic feet per day, has been shut in.
Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 15 production platforms, 2.24% of the 669 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, as of Wednesday morning, the BSEE said. This includes evacuations from four non-dynamically positioned (DP) rigs, the bureau said, adding that three DP rigs have been moved off location out of the storm's path as a precaution.
Industrial Info is tracking 629 U.S. offshore oil and gas facilities and pipelines with 3,403 functional management contacts in the Gulf of Mexico. Click here for the list of facilities.
The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression, was expected to form later Wednesday or Thursday, adding: "Conditions appear favorable for this system to strengthen to a hurricane as it approaches the central Gulf Coast by the weekend."
The weather system is likely to form as Tropical Storm Barry, and could hit the Louisiana and/or Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday. Up to 18 inches of rain could occur in some areas.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says that about 45% of U.S. refining capacity and 51% of U.S. natural gas processing is located in the Gulf Coast region. No refineries had been closed as of Tuesday afternoon, although owners were keeping an eye on the storm and may decrease staffing at some refineries.
Once the weather system becomes a named storm, with sustained winds of more than 39 miles per hour, Industrial Info's Disaster Impact Tracker will monitor the storm and provide our users with updates regarding the storm's effect on plants and projects in its path.
The shut-in oil production equates to 602,715 barrels per day (BBL/d), the BSEE said. It also estimated that about 17.85% of natural gas production in the area, or 496.2 million cubic feet per day, has been shut in.
Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 15 production platforms, 2.24% of the 669 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, as of Wednesday morning, the BSEE said. This includes evacuations from four non-dynamically positioned (DP) rigs, the bureau said, adding that three DP rigs have been moved off location out of the storm's path as a precaution.
Industrial Info is tracking 629 U.S. offshore oil and gas facilities and pipelines with 3,403 functional management contacts in the Gulf of Mexico. Click here for the list of facilities.
The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression, was expected to form later Wednesday or Thursday, adding: "Conditions appear favorable for this system to strengthen to a hurricane as it approaches the central Gulf Coast by the weekend."
The weather system is likely to form as Tropical Storm Barry, and could hit the Louisiana and/or Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday. Up to 18 inches of rain could occur in some areas.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says that about 45% of U.S. refining capacity and 51% of U.S. natural gas processing is located in the Gulf Coast region. No refineries had been closed as of Tuesday afternoon, although owners were keeping an eye on the storm and may decrease staffing at some refineries.
Once the weather system becomes a named storm, with sustained winds of more than 39 miles per hour, Industrial Info's Disaster Impact Tracker will monitor the storm and provide our users with updates regarding the storm's effect on plants and projects in its path.
