Energy companies restore U.S. Gulf production after hurricane

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Energy companies forged ahead restoring oil and natural gas production in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, three days after Hurricane Delta made landfall, said the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

FILE PHOTO: A gas station remains flooded from Hurricane Delta in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., October 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn/File Photo

Shut offshore crude oil production fell to 69.4%, or 1.28 million barrels per day , on Monday from 91%, or 1.68 million barrels, on Sunday, the regulator said. BSEE also said 47%, or 1.28 billion cubic feet per day , in offshore natural gas production remained shut as of midday on Monday. On Sunday, the agency said 62%, or 1.68 bcfd, was shut.completed restarting units at its 225,500 barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Monday that were shut by a Friday night power outage caused by Delta, said sources familiar with plant operations.

 

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