Credit: US National Park Service
Gulf of Mexico Oil Output Shows Improvement
MMS via BBSNews 2005-09-03 - This survey is reflective of 67 companies’ reports as of 11:30 a.m. Central Time. The next report will be issued Monday, September 5, 2005 at 1:00 pm CDT.| Districts | Lake Jackson | Lake Charles | Lafayette | Houma | New Orleans | Total |
| Platforms Evacuated | 16 | 25 | 16 | 47 | 142 | 246 |
| Rigs Evacuated | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 39 |
| Oil, BOPD Shut-in | 26,660 | 32,814 | 87,556 | 319,882 | 717,835 | 1,184,747 |
| Gas, MMCF/D Shut-In | 352.69 | 750.55 | 505.37 | 994.68 | 3,176.32 | 5,779.61 |
These evacuations are equivalent to 30.03% of 819 manned platforms and 29.10% of 137 rigs currently operating in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The number of manned platforms that are evacuated declined 25 percent from yesterday.
Today’s shut-in oil production is 1,184,747 BOPD. This shut-in oil production is equivalent to 78.98% of the daily oil production in the GOM, which is currently approximately 1.5 million BOPD. This represents a 10 percent improvement from yesterday’s figures.
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Credit: US National Park Service |
Today’s shut-in gas production is 5.779 BCFPD. This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 57.80% of the daily gas production in the GOM, which is currently approximately 10 BCFPD. This represents a 21 percent improvement from yesterday’s figures.
The cumulative shut-in oil production for the period 8/26/05-9/3/05 is 9,872,662 bbls, which is equivalent to 1.803% of the yearly production of oil in the GOM (approximately 547.5 million barrels).
The cumulative shut-in gas production 8/26/05-9/3/05 is 53.232 BCF, which is equivalent to 1.458% of the yearly production of gas in the GOM (approximately 3.65 TCF).
These cumulative numbers reflect updated production numbers from all previous reports. The reports only represent input received by 11:30 a.m. CDT. If a company does not report by 11:30 a.m. it is not included in the special information release, but it is included in the cumulative shut-in production. This may result in an apparent increase in the cumulative report amount.
Shut-ins for oil and gas production are standard procedures conducted by industry for safety reasons. Once facilities have been inspected and all standard checks have been completed the production for these facilities will be brought back on line.
The MMS will continue to update the shut-in statistics at 1:00 PM CDT each day until these statistics are no longer significant.
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