More than 80% of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico remains shut in after Hurricane Ida, a U.S. regulator said on Monday, more than a week after the storm made landfall and hit critical infrastructure in the region, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Energy companies have been struggling to resume production after Ida damaged platforms and caused onshore power outages. About 1.5 million barrels per day of oil production, or 84%, remains shut, while another 1.8 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas output, or 81%, was offline, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said.
A total of 99 oil and gas production platforms remain evacuated, down from the 288 originally evacuated.
"The entire region is still struggling with resupply," said Tony Odak, chief operating officer of Stone Oil Distributor, which supplies fuel to the offshore industry. "The refiners are coming back up slowly, but there is so much infrastructure that needs to be brought back online and inspected as well."
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