The NewsRoom
Release #
3157
Date: October 1
, 2004

Hurricane Ivan
Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics
as of Friday, October 1, 2004

The next report will be issued Monday, October 4, 2004 at 1:00 pm CDT.
For Information Concerning the Storm Click on www.mms.gov

This survey is reflective of 22 companies’ reports as of 11:30 a.m. Central Time.

Districts Lake Jackson Lake Charles Lafayette Houma New Orleans Total
Platforms Evacuated 0 0 0 0 39 39
Rigs Evacuated 0 0 0 0 2 2
Oil, BOPD Shut-in 0 2,340 0 7,620 474,498 484,458**
Gas, MMCF/D Shut-In 0 10 4.00 37.14 2,270.12 2,321.26**

**Shut-in production rates do not include production lost due to the destroyed platforms.

These evacuations are equivalent to 5.10% of 764 manned platforms and 1.71% of 117 rigs currently operating in the GOM.

This shut-in oil production is equivalent to 28.50% of daily production of oil in GOM which is approximately 1.7 million BOPD.

This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 18.87% of the daily production of gas in the GOM which is approximately 12.3 BCFPD.

The cumulative (9/11/04-10/1/04) shut-in oil production is 13,378,621 bbls, which is equivalent to 2.211% of the yearly production of oil in the GOM, which is approximately 605 million barrels.

The cumulative (9/11/04-10/1/04) shut-in gas production is 60.182 BCF, which is equivalent to 1.352% 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. In previous reports, there have been numerous questions regarding the increase of shut-in production on a day-to-day basis.  However, the reports only represent those received by 11:30 a.m. CDT.  If a company does not report by 11:30 a.m. it is not included in the daily special information release, but it is included in the cumulative shut-in production.

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
   Gulf of Mexico Website

Media Contacts:
   Debra Winbush  (504) 736-2597
   Caryl Fagot        (504) 736-2590

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