Nearly Two-Thirds of Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Production Back Online
Posted on: Monday, 21 November 2005, 03:02 CST
By Anonymous
Efforts to restore Gulf of Mexico natural gas production made significant headway over the past week, according to the Minerals Management Service, while oil production recovery remains stalled near the halfway point.About 727,000 barrels of daily oil production remain shut in today, or about 48.5 percent of the normal 1.5 million barrel per day Gulf oil production. Last Monday, about 51.5 percent of oil production was shut in.About 3.7 billion cubic feet of daily natural gas production remains shut in, or about 37 percent of the normal 10 billion cubic feet of production. Nearly 45 percent of natural gas production was shut in a week ago.According to MMS reports, 162 of 819 manned drilling platforms and five of 134 drilling rigs in the Gulf remain evacuated due to storm damage.
(Copyright 2005 Dolan Media Newswires)
Source: New Orleans CityBusiness
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