Based on operators’ reports, 78% of the current daily oil production and 48% of the daily natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut in by Tropical Storm Isaac, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says. Isaac has caused 58%, or 346 of 596, of manned production platforms in the Gulf to evacuate personnel, according to BSEE. Production platforms are the structures located offshore from which oil and natural gas are produced. Unlike drilling rigs, which typically move from location to location, production facilities remain in the same location throughout a project’s duration. Personnel have been evacuated from 41 of 76 rigs, or 54%, currently drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf. After Isaac has passed, BSEE says all facilities will be inspected; and once all standard checks have been completed, production from undamaged facilities will be brought back online immediately. See BSEE’s complete update as of this afternoon here.
Over half of all platforms, rigs in the Gulf evacuated
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