hurricanes

Port Fourchon took the brunt of the Category 4 hurricane as it made landfall Sunday afternoon.

Operators remove personnel, shut in production in the region ahead of Ida.

Tropical storms severely affect oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, especially during the storm season from June to December. Offshore well managers often need to shut down operations and evacuate the facility because of storm alerts. The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of storms on production by quantifying metrics such as downtime days and…

Forecast sees 12% boost in the region’s crude production by the end of 2022.

Forecasters are predicting the sixth ‘above-average’ Atlantic storm season in a row.

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.

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.