Approximately 69.08 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was shut in as of Monday due to Tropical Storm Barry. Approximately 69.08 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) was shut in as of 11:30 a.m. CDT Monday due to Tropical Storm Barry. That’s according to estimates from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which were based on data from company reports. The figure equates to 1.31 million barrels of oil per day according to BSEE, which also estimated that around 60.58 percent of natural gas production in the region, or 1.68 billion cubic feet, had been shut in. As of Monday, personnel had been evacuated from a total of 267 production platforms, or 39.9 percent of the 669 manned platforms in the GOM, BSEE highlighted. The organization also pointed out that personnel had been evacuated from 10 non-dynamically positioned DP rigs, […]