Office of Response and Restoration via flickr
“According to BSEE estimates, about 82.4% of current oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been stopped... 56.92% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has been suspended,” the organization said in a statement. It is noted that workers were evacuated from 281 of 643 production platforms.
On Monday, the bureau reported a halt of 57.6% of oil production in the region.
On Sunday, the US National Hurricane Watch Center (NHC) warned that Tropical Storm Marco had become a Category 1 hurricane; along with it, the tropical storm Laura is moving to the Gulf of Mexico and the US coast. The NHC said Monday that Hurricane Marco has weakened to a tropical storm again.
A tropical storm is named when the accompanying wind reaches 62 kilometers per hour. A storm becomes a hurricane when the wind speed exceeds 119 kilometers per hour.
source: reuters.com
On Monday, the bureau reported a halt of 57.6% of oil production in the region.
On Sunday, the US National Hurricane Watch Center (NHC) warned that Tropical Storm Marco had become a Category 1 hurricane; along with it, the tropical storm Laura is moving to the Gulf of Mexico and the US coast. The NHC said Monday that Hurricane Marco has weakened to a tropical storm again.
A tropical storm is named when the accompanying wind reaches 62 kilometers per hour. A storm becomes a hurricane when the wind speed exceeds 119 kilometers per hour.
source: reuters.com