Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Dean

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hundreds of oil platforms, such 1 in gulf of mexico, evacuated in anticipation of hurricane dean.


oil futures spiked on august 15 analysts considered impact of hurricane dean on refining capacity if move caribbean predicted. transocean evacuated 11 nonessential workers late on august 15 oil rig located 160 mi (260 km) southeast of new orleans. company left 125 personnel on board structure. day later, royal dutch shell evacuated 275 ancillary staff, following evacuation of 188 due tropical storm erin.


on august 18, 2007, 10,300 barrels (1,640 m) of oil , 11 million cubic feet (310,000 m³) of natural gas shut-in per day, accounting 0.8% of crude production in gulf of mexico. 11:30 am cst (1630 utc), 2 rigs , 1 platform evacuated personnel.


pemex, state-owned mexican oil company, made preparations shut down oil production on august 19 ahead of dean. evacuated 13,360 workers more 140 oil platforms, using 55 boats , 29 helicopters. storm continued intensify, number of evacuated pemex workers increased 18,000 on august 20, , 407 wells , drilling operations abandoned. reduced worldwide production of oil , natural gas 2.65 million barrels (421,000 m) , 2.6 billion cubic feet (74,000,000 m) per day, respectively.








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