Chevron Halts Output at Two Offshore Facilities Ahead of Hurricane Ian
26 Setembro 2022 - 1:37PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Chevron Corp. said Monday it was moving workers to safety and
halting production temporarily at a pair of offshore production
platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as it prepares for Hurricane
Ian.
"We have begun transporting all personnel from our Petronius and
Blind Faith platforms and are shutting-in the facilities," Chevron
said in an emailed statement. Chevron added, however, that all of
its other production from Chevron-operated Gulf of Mexico assets
"remains at normal levels."
Shell, another offshore producer, said it also was keeping a
close eye on the storm. "We are closely monitoring Hurricane Ian,"
the company said in an emailed statement. "As of today, there have
been no impacts to Shell operations in the Gulf of Mexico."
Hurricane Ian is currently located in the Caribbean Sea and is
expected to head northward and make landfall in western Cuba on
Tuesday before continuing north and slightly east and making
landfall somewhere near Tampa Bay, Fla., on Wednesday.
If current forecasts are confirmed, Hurricane Ian could become
the first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season to make
landfall on the U.S. mainland.
The two Chevron platforms halting output produce around 120,000
barrels a day of oil combined, which is a small portion of total
offshore production near 1.8 million barrels a day. Total offshore
oil production accounts for about 16% of total U.S. production,
while offshore gas production is about 5% of total U.S. production,
according to the U.S. government's Energy Information
Administration.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 26, 2022 12:22 ET (16:22 GMT)
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