Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted as of Sept. 14, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) estimates 39.57% of the current oil production in the Gulf of Mexico remains shut in following Hurricane Ida. About 48.20% of the gas production remains shut in.
BSEE continues to monitor offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico as they return to platforms and rigs following the storm that moved through the gulf and onshore Louisiana Aug. 29.
Personnel are still evacuated from 39 production platforms, 6.69% of the 560 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. All non-dynamically positioned rigs are currently operating. Two of 15 dynamically positioned rigs remain off location.
This survey is reflective of 28 companies’ reports as of 11:30 CDT Sept. 14.
Shell on Sept. 13 said its Appomattox, Enchilada-Salsa, and Auger assets continue to ramp up production following Ida. Mars, Ursa, and Olympus assets remain shut in.
Damage assessments continue at the Shell Pipeline-operated West Delta-143 (WD-143) offshore facility.
The company’s Geismar Chemical facility is in the process of restarting. The site continues to experience utility and feedstock constraints but has resumed loading capabilities and shipping product, the operator said.
Shell’s Norco to Kenner pipeline has been returned to service. The line carries gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to the Shell terminal at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.
As Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana area oil and gas operations continue to come back online, Hurricane Nicholas came ashore Tuesday, Sept. 14.
At the time, Shell said it was monitoring Hurricane Nicholas, which later made landfall along the coast of Texas Sept. 14. An update the day of landfall noted the beginning of a post-storm assessment at the operator’s Deer Park Manufacturing Complex. At the time of the report, the company said there did not appear to be serious damage from wind, rain, or storm surge, and that operations at the facility remain normal.