Offshore staff
HOUSTON – bp has restarted production at its offshore Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) after redeploying previously evacuated staff, the company announced on Thursday.
bp halted production on the two platforms on Monday ahead of Hurricane Ian that made landfall in Florida on Wednesday.
Chevron had also evacuated personnel and shut its production at its Petronius and Blind Faith platforms in the Gulf ahead of the storm.
As of Thursday, 11 total GoM platforms had been evacuated, representing 2.11% of the total GoM capacity, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Five rigs had been evacuated, representing 35% of the total in the GoM, and three DP rigs had been repositioned. A total of 157,706 bbl/d of oil production had been shut in as of Thursday, along with 128 MMcf/d of gas.
A total of 9.12% of the GoM’s oil production had been shut in since Thursday, along with 5.95% of the total gas production.
10.01.2022
