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    BSEE: 80% of Gulf of Mexico oil production shut-in

    Sept. 1, 2021
    Personnel remain evacuated from 249 production platforms and nine rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, according to BSEE.
    (Courtesy Shell)
    Shell has resumed production from the FPSO Turritella in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Shell has resumed production from the FPSO Turritella in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Offshore staff

    NEW ORLEANS – Personnel remain evacuated from 249 production platforms and nine rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

    Four dynamically positioned rigs remain off location.

    From 25 operator reports, BSEE estimates that about 79.96% of the current oil and 83.21% of the gas production in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut-in. This equates to 1,455,279 b/d of oil and 1,877.65 MMcf/d of gas.

    09/01/2021