Offshore staff
NEW ORLEANS – Offshore oil and gas operators are starting to re-board platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Laura.
According to the Bureau of Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), personnel have returned to two production platforms and one non-dynamically positioned rig. Personnel remain evacuated from 297 platforms and 10 non-DP rigs.
Eight DP rigs remain off location.
From 45 operator reports, BSEE estimates that about 84.3% of the current oil production, or 1,559,314 b/d, in the Gulf has been shut-in. The shut-in production increased by 431 bbl. The bureau estimates that about 60.1% of the natural gas production, or 1,628 MMcf/d, has been shut-in.
08/27/2020
