MMA discontinues daily hurricane activity reports when <10% of production is shut-in. Yesterday, oil production reached that threshold (9.92% shut-in) and gas fell just short (11.07% shut-in), so it is assumed there will be no further production updates for Isaias.
Archive for the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ Category
Hurricane Isaias – no further MMA shut-in reports are expected
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, shut-in production on October 15, 2026| Leave a Comment »
About 10% of Gulf oil production remains shut-in
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, tagged Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, oil production, production shut-in on October 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Restoration of Gulf production continues
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, tagged Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, production shut-in on October 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
To date, there have been no public reports of any significant damage to offshore facilities.
Per MMA’s update as of noon today:
Hurricane Isaias – Most production is now restored
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, oil production, production shut-in on October 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Hurricane Isaias: Some production restored
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, production shut-in on October 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Hurricane Isaias – 68.8% of Gulf production shut-in
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Hurricane Isaias, oil production, shut-in production on October 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Hurricane Isaias – 1.46 million bopd, 71.5% of Gulf production, shut-in
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, MMA, production shut-in on October 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Lease Sale BBG4 – 3/10/2027
Posted in energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Energy - General, tagged Gulf of America, Lease Sale BBG4, Notice of Sale, sale terms on October 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The proposed Sale Notice is attached. The terms, summarized below, are the same as for the other BBG sales. See the sale map for the blocks that correspond with with the legend categories.
Hurricane Isaias – 63% of Gulf oil production is now shut-in
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged deepwater production, Gulf of America, Hurricane Isaias, oil production on October 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Per MMA, nearly 1.3 million barels/day of Gulf of America oil production was shut-in as of noon ET today. Given that ~95% of Gulf production is from deepwater facilities, the high shut-in volume and the storm track (map below) tell us that major deepwater platforms in the eastern areas of the Gulf are shut-in. It’s also apparent that operators are prudently shutting in platforms well outside the projected hurricane track.
Isaias looks like a problem for the Eastern Gulf; 25% of oil production shut-in
Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged hurricanes, Isaias, oil production, shut-in production on October 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
