Gulf of Mexico

Contractor renews incident-response partnership for 2 additional years.

The Gulf of Mexico discovery, a product of infrastructure-led exploration, boasts 100 million bbl of gross potential.

The floating production unit is making the trek across the Pacific Ocean to its new home in the US Gulf of Mexico.

More than half of the oil and gas production in the region is shut in.

Hurricane Zeta is intensifying as it approaches the US Gulf of Mexico coast of southeastern Louisiana, where it is expected to make landfall around 4 p.m. CST today. View a video of Zeta posted by the US Air Reserve Hurricane Hunters.

Evacuations in the GOM began on Monday, but so far nearly 50% of current oil production and 55% of natural gas production in the region is shut-in due to Tropical Storm Zeta.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement approved the conversion of the Lena compliant tower platform into an artificial reef under the bureau’s Rigs to Reefs program.

Forty-four percent of oil production and 30% of natural gas production remain shut in as operators return workers to offshore platforms. Production from undamaged facilities are being brought back online once all standard checks are completed. Facilities with damage may take longer to bring back up.

Hurricane Delta leads to shut-ins of 92% oil and 60% gas production in GOM as landfall is expected today.

GOM production shut-ins increased to 80% of the oil and 49% of natural gas. Hurricane Delta weakened from a category 4 storm to a category 2 storm on Wednesday and is expected reach the US Gulf later in the week.