Operators in the US Gulf of Mexico have largely resumed normal operations following Tropical Storm Nate.
The Storm, which formed 5 October and made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Mississippi on 8 October, saw 85.09% of US Gulf of Mexico oil production shut in and about 64.7% of natural gas production.
On Friday 13, from operator reports, it was estimated that about 0.72% of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico remained shut-in on Friday, which was about to 12,614 bo/d, said the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). It was also estimated that about 1.12% of the natural gas production, or 36.12 MMcf/d in the Gulf of Mexico was shut-in.
BSEE said that on Friday 13 October, personnel remained evacuated from 10 production platforms, which amounts to 1.36% of the 737 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Personnel had returned to all 20, non-DP drilling rigs currently operating in the Gulf. None of the 18 DP rigs currently operating in the Gulf were off location as a result of the hurricane’s path.
2017 has been one of the most active hurricane seasons on record. Since late August, three hurricanes (Harvey, Irma, and Nate) have targeted the US Gulf Coast. And, according to Accuweather, the season is not over yet. "Conditions will remain favorable for tropical storms and hurricanes to form over the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico for several more weeks," Accuweather said today (12 October).
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