17% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production shut in by tropical storm Cindy - Federal Regulators
|According to a recent report by Reuters, energy companies have shut roughly 17 percent, or 301,618 barrels per day, of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production ahead of Tropical Storm Cindy, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced on Wednesday.
Key quotes (via Reuters):
- Personnel have been evacuated from 40 platforms in the U.S. Gulf, representing about 5.5 percent of the 737 manned platforms, BSEE added.
- One non-dynamically positioned rig has been evacuated, representing about 7 percent of those operating in the Gulf, BSEE said.
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