U.S. oil prices edged upward past $70 per barrel on Sept. 4 after Anadarko Petroleum Corp. shutdown and evacuated two Gulf of Mexico oil platforms in preparation of a potential Cat 1 hurricane named Gordon that is making a bee-line for the northern Gulf Coast. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $70.04 per barrel (up 24 cents). (Source: Marine Link 09/04/18) UPDATE: A total of 54 O&G production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were shutdown because of the threat posed by TS Gordon, according to a Sept. 4 media releases from the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Those numbers represented 7.86 percent of the 687 manned platforms in the GoM.
Shipbuilding and maritime related news from the Central Gulf Coast region
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
54 rigs shut down ahead of Gordon
U.S. oil prices edged upward past $70 per barrel on Sept. 4 after Anadarko Petroleum Corp. shutdown and evacuated two Gulf of Mexico oil platforms in preparation of a potential Cat 1 hurricane named Gordon that is making a bee-line for the northern Gulf Coast. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $70.04 per barrel (up 24 cents). (Source: Marine Link 09/04/18) UPDATE: A total of 54 O&G production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were shutdown because of the threat posed by TS Gordon, according to a Sept. 4 media releases from the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Those numbers represented 7.86 percent of the 687 manned platforms in the GoM.
