Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Rises After Tropical Storm Fades - Bloomberg

Oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico are restoring production after Tropical Storm Don dissipated over Texas , the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management , Regulation and Enforcement said.

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About 6 percent of oil production and 3.5 percent of gas pumping in the Gulf was shut in as of 11:30 a.m. Central time, down from 11.9 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, at the height of the storm, according to the bureau . Personnel were evacuated from a total of 7 production platforms, equivalent to 1.1 percent of the 617 manned platforms in the Gulf, the bureau said in a release . All of the 62 rigs in the Gulf are manned, the bureau said.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Rises After Tropical Storm Fades - Bloomberg