About 185,000 b/d of US Gulf oil production returned Sept. 10 from a day prior as the recovery from Hurricane Ida began to pick up some momentum, even though nearly two-thirds of Gulf oil volumes and three-quarters of natural gas output remained offline, according to the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now While most of the US Gulf production remains shut in 12 days after Category 4 Ida made landfall south of New Orleans near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the biggest Gulf producers have redeployed much of their offshore personnel and begun preparing for production restarts. Also, more critical onshore terminals are returning to service. About 1.208 million b/d, or 66.4%, of crude oil production remained offline on Sept. 10, of the roughly 1.8 million b/d of pre-storm production, BSEE said. That compared to 1.392 million b/d, […]