The NewsRoom
Release # 3137
Date: September 16, 2004

The next report will be issued Friday, September 17, 2004 at 1:00 pm CDT.

*** This survey is reflective of 53 companies’ reports as of 11:30 a.m. Central Time.

These evacuations are equivalent to 71.33% of 764 manned platforms and 58.97% of 117 rigs currently operating in the GOM. 

This shut-in oil production is equivalent to 82.94% of daily production of oil in GOM which is approximately 1.7 million BOPD.

This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 52.97% of the daily production of gas in the GOM which is approximately 12.3 BCFPD. 

The cumulative (9/13/04-9/16/04) shut-in oil production is 3,916,347 bbls which equivalent to .6473% of the yearly production of oil in the GOM which is approximately 605 million barrels.

The cumulative (9/13/04-9/16/04) shut-in gas production is 17.731 BCF which is equivalent to .3985% of the yearly production of gas in the GOM which is approximately 4.45 TCF.

These cumulative numbers reflect updated production numbers from all previous reports.

The Minerals Management Service is the federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation’s oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in Federal offshore waters.  The agency also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands.  MMS disbursed more than $8 billion in FY 2003 and more than $135 billion since the agency was created in 1982.  Nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund annually for the acquisition and development of state and Federal park and recreation lands.

Relevant Web Sites: 
   MMS Main Website

Media Contacts:
   Curtis Carey
   Nicolette Nye
   202-208-3985

MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for America
U.S. Department of the Interior