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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.
Districts |
Lake Jackson |
Lake Charles |
Lafayette |
Houma |
New Orleans |
Total |
Platforms
Evacuated |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
Rigs
Evacuated |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
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Oil, BOPD
Shut-in |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Gas, MMCF/D
Shut-In |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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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