MMS updates GoM evacuation numbers
Offshore staff
NEW ORLEANS -- The MMS has updated statistics on platform and rig evacuations in the path of Tropical Storm Dolly.
According to the MMS, personnel have been evacuated from 49 production platforms, equivalent to 6.8 % of the 717 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Personnel from six rigs have also been evacuated; this is equivalent to 4.9 % of the 123 rigs currently operating in the GoM, the MMS says.
From operators' reports, it is estimated that approximately 4.66 % of the oil production in the Gulf has been shut-in. Estimated oil production from the GoM as of January 2008 was 1.3 MMb/d. It is also estimated that approximately 5.13 % of the natural gas production in the Gulf has been shut-in. Estimated natural gas production from the region as of January 2008 was 7.7 bcf/d of gas.
07/22/2008
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