About 157,706 barrels, or 9%, of oil manufacturing in the united state Gulf of Mexico were closed on Wednesday by Hurricane Ian, claimed offshore regulatory authority Bureau of Safety as well as Environmental Enforcement.
Hurricane Ian was lashing Florida’s Gulf Coast with effective winds as well as drenching rainfall, yet the Category 5 tornado stayed away from the Gulf’s wealthiest oil manufacturing locations.
An overall of 16 oil as well as gas manufacturing systems were left by Ian on Wednesday, contrasted to 14 the day in the past, the regulatory authority claimed.
Some 128 million cubic feet, or 6%, of gas manufacturing in the united state Gulf of Mexico was likewise closed, according to the regulatory authority.
(Reuters – Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar; Editing by Gary McWilliams)
