Hurricane Katrina Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics Report as of Monday, September 5, 2005

Monday, September 05 2005 @ 09:24 PM EDT

Edited by: Kandy Ringer

Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Still Showing Slight Improvement

MMS via BBSNews 2005-09-05 - The next report will be issued Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 1:00 pm CDT. For Information Concerning the Storm Click on www.mms.gov

This survey is reflective of 67 companies’ reports as of 11:30 a.m. Central Time.


Districts	Lake Jackson	Lake Charles	Lafayette	Houma	New Orleans	Total
Platforms Evacuated	12	19	16	43	138	228
Rigs Evacuated	0	6	6	14	11	37
Oil, BOPD Shut-in	18,660	31,659	63,284	211,194	718,854	1,043,681
Gas, MMCF/D Shut-In	173.69	651.91	381.47	871.55	3,146.82	5,225.44

These evacuations are equivalent to 27.83% of 819 manned platforms and 27.61% of 134 rigs currently operating in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The number of manned platforms that are evacuated declined 25 percent from yesterday.

Offshore Oil Rig

Credit: US National Park Service

Today’s shut-in oil production is 1,043,681 BOPD. This shut-in oil production is equivalent to 69.57% of the daily oil production in the GOM, which is currently approximately 1.5 million BOPD. This represents a 5 percent improvement from yesterday’s figures.

Today’s shut-in gas production is 5.225 BCFPD. This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 54.13% of the daily gas production in the GOM, which is currently approximately 10 BCFPD. This represents a 2 percent improvement from Sunday's figures.

The cumulative shut-in oil production for the period 8/26/05-9/3/05 is 11,985,960 bbls, which is equivalent to 2.189% of the yearly production of oil in the GOM (approximately 547.5 million barrels).

The cumulative shut-in gas production 8/26/05-9/5/05 is 64.087 BCF, which is equivalent to 1.756% 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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MMS, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, oversees 1.76 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf, managing offshore energy and minerals while protecting the human, marine, and coastal environments. The OCS provides 30 percent of oil and 21 percent of natural gas produced domestically, as well as sand used for coastal restoration. MMS collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands, and contributes to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and other special use funds, with Fiscal Year 2004 disbursements of about $8 billion and more than $143 billion since 1982.

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