The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is positioned for another year of record oil production in 2020, according to Rystad Energy. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is positioned for another year of record oil production in 2020, according to Norway-based energy research firm Rystad Energy. Deepwater projects will anchor the supply growth. The Gulf of Mexico’s oil production has risen every year since 2013, with an average of 104,000 barrels per day annually. “2020 is expected to be another record year with average production above 1.9 million barrels per day,” said Joachim Milling Gregersen, an analyst on Rystad’s upstream team. So far in 2019, the top contributors to supply growth have been the Big Foot and Crosby fields, but the Appomattox field is expected to make a significant impact by the end of the year by ramping up towards its processing capacity of 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. […]