On Sunday night, more than 90% of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil production was shut down by the Gulf of Mexico near the expected landfall near Morgan City.
About 85% of the Gulf’s natural gas production has been halted at noon, according to the Federal Office for Security and Environmental Protection.
According to the bureau, the workers have been removed from half of the 560 production platforms in the Gulf.
Hundreds of Houma-Thibodaux and southern Louisiana residents work on tools and platforms in the Gulf. The platforms are oil and natural gas sources that do not stop at beaches. Some of the excavations were carried out to explore oil and gas.
The agency said staff had been evacuated from all 11 X-ray machines. In addition to the 15 motors that can be moved, 11 or three quarters of them are safe.
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“After the storm, the facilities will be inspected,” the agency said. Once all standard checks are completed, production from undamaged facilities will return to the line immediately. Damage-taking resources can take a long time to return online.
The Gulf produces about 15% of the country’s oil and 5% of natural gas, according to the US Energy Information Administration. That means 1.85 million barrels of oil a day and 2.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
Almost all of the Gulf’s shouts and platforms are served by boats that use Port Fortune in South LaForte. The port, east of Ida, was forcibly evacuated from 5 a.m. Saturday.
Officials said on Facebook that a Category 4 Ida would expect 10-15 inches of rain at the port until Sunday. A 10-15-foot hurricane is expected outside the Lafure Parish Hurricane Lake.
The state Department of Transportation has suspended fees on the Leville Bridge to help evacuate people from the port and the Grand Aile, which holds about 1,400 permanent residents.
La. South Laforchee Leve District closed the floodgates by linking La 1 with Lyon and Terriot Lock on the Golden Grounds.
The district said in a statement tonight: “Traffic congestion is not allowed until this announcement.”
About half of the US filter capacity is located on the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Houston.
According to federal figures, refineries in Louisiana produce about 3.5 million barrels of crude oil a day. That is about 40% of the total coastline of the Gulf, while Texas occupies the rest. Louisiana accounts for 19% of the country’s total filtration capacity.
The impact of Ida on the oil and gas industry is an open question. Analysts say some of it depends on how severe Ida can damage filters and how long it takes for them to return online.
According to Platt Analysis, 4.4 million barrels of filtration per day were spent on storm surges in Louisiana. The facilities produce 1.5 million barrels of gasoline per day.
At a time when demand for this global COVID-19 pandemic is below normal, the United States consumed less than 8 million barrels -337 million gallons a day last year.
“Storm Ida is expected to hit the coast in the same way as other hurricanes,” Platts said on Saturday. Many plants are strong in hurricanes, but disruptions at work due to flooding, power outages and displacement of workers are still more likely.
Patrick de Han, head of the oil boom, said that despite rising demand for oil from Louisiana drivers on Friday, US demand fell 1.8% on Friday and 2.3% on Friday. .
“While there may be a small increase in gas prices nationwide, it is unlikely to move beyond nickel or diamond to … and because markets are closed over the weekend, this will have an impact in the middle of next week,” de Han said. Saturday on Twitter.
– Executive Editor Keith Magil can be reached at 857-2201 or keith.magill@houmatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter @CourierEditor.