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Nearly 60% of Gulf oil production offline because of Barry
« on: July 13, 2019, 11:50:03 am »
Houston Chronicle by  Jordan Blum July 11, 2019

Nearly 60 percent of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is now offline because of safety concerns regarding Tropical Storm Barry.

That means more than 1.1 million barrels of oil per day is out of commission for at least a few days - a volume that could still rise - as Barry aims for a Saturday landfall in Louisiana as either a tropical storm or hurricane, according to the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

More than 250 production platforms in the Gulf were evacuated this week - almost 40 percent of all manned platforms. About 59 percent of oil output and 49 percent of all natural gas production in the Gulf are offline as well, the federal government estimated.

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