Production losses decreased Oil andNatural gas For the second day in a row after peaking at 511 thousand barrels on Wednesday.
The authority said that energy producers stopped producing 427,000 barrels per day of oil and about 343 million cubic feet of natural gas from Gulf waters.
The maritime regulatory authority said that nine oil and gas platforms had been evacuated as of Friday, representing about 2.4 percent of the total Gulf of Mexico platforms, citing reports from producers.
Oil and gas production companies began shutting down offshore production on Tuesday, as Storm Helen moved across the Gulf of Mexico in… US.
Chevron said on Friday that it had begun redeploying workers and restoring production on platforms operated by the company following the passage of the storm.
Federal data showed that Gulf of Mexico In the United States, it represents about 15 percent of total domestic oil production and two percent of natural gas production.
