More than 30% Gulf of Mexico crude production was still offline due to Hurricane Delta as of midday Oct. 14, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement data showed. Around 568,505 b/d of crude production and 489.32 MMcf/d of gas production remained shut-in Oct. 14, representing 30.73% and 17.95% of total Gulf of Mexico output, respectively, a BSEE survey of 33 companies showed. At peak on Oct. 10, the storm shut in 1.697 million b/d of crude and 1.692 MMcf/d of gas production, respectively, representing 91.72% and 62.43% of total Gulf output. Delta was a strong Category 2 hurricane when it made landfall on Oct. 9 in the same region the more dangerous Hurricane Laura did in late August, but Delta forged a more treacherous path offshore through the heart of deepwater oil and gas activities. Delta surpassed Laura as the most significant storm of the […]