U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production is slowly returning following Hurricane Laura. U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil production is slowly returning following Hurricane Laura, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has revealed. As of August 31, 53.48 percent of oil production from the region is estimated to still be shut in, which marks a decrease from the figure of 69.76 percent recorded on August 30 and 82.13 percent registered on August 29. Just over 41 percent of gas production was estimated to still be offline as of August 31, which also marked a decrease from the August 30 figure of 49.87 percent and the August 29 figure of 58.84 percent. According to the BSEE, 117 production platforms, or 18.2 percent of the 643 manned platforms in the U.S. GOM, remained evacuated as of August 31. A total of two non-dynamically positioned rigs remained evacuated, which equates […]