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Release: #3326
Date: August 26, 2005

Hurricane Katrina
Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics
as of August 26, 2005

 The next report will be issued Monday, August 29, 2005 at 1:00 pm CDT. 

 

This survey is reflective of 4 companies’ reports as of 11:30 a.m. Central Time.

These evacuations are equivalent to 1.47% of 819 manned platforms and 6.72% of 134 rigs currently operating in the GOM.

This shut-in oil production is equivalent to 0.00% of daily production of oil in GOM, which is currently approximately 1.5 million BOPD.  

This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 0.00% of the daily production of gas in the GOM, which is currently approximately 10.0 BCFPD.

MMS, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, oversees 1.76 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf, managing offshore energy and minerals while protecting the human, marine, and coastal environments. The OCS provides 30 percent of oil and 21 percent of natural gas produced domestically, as well as sand used for coastal restoration. MMS collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands, and contributes to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and other special use funds, with Fiscal Year 2004 disbursements of about $8 billion and more than $143 billion since 1982.  

Relevant Web Sites:
   MMS Main Web Site
   Gulf of Mexico Web Site

Media Contacts:
   Debra Winbush
   (504) 736-2597

   Caryl Fagot
   (504) 736-2590

MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for America
U.S. Department of the Interior
 

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