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GoM production: 2 million barrels per day in Sept!

Posted in energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , on November 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Per EIA, September Gulf of Mexico production averaged 2 million bopd on the button! New production from Vito and Argos were no doubt contributors, as production reached the 2 million bopd mark for only the third month in the history of the OCS program. The other 2 months were in 2019.

Imagine what US offshore production might be if the OCS oil and gas program was actually managed to succeed!

Also, as the official hurricane season comes to a close today, we are fortunate in that there have been no production shut-ins from tropical storms in 2023.

Vito

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Tropical Storm Lee on Georges Bank

Posted in Georges Bank, hurricanes, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The worst conditions were relatively common by Georges Bank standards. Per the NOAA data buoy (see plots below), the wind speed peaked at 40.8 kts, gusts at 58.3 kts, and wave height at 29.2 ft.

Looking back at my Georges Bank Exploratory Drilling paper (1983), a spring storm in April 1982 generated 105 mph winds and 35 foot swells. I’ll post information on the rig performance issues during those operations at a later date.

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Chevron evacuates non-essential personnel from Petronius and Blind Faith ahead of Hurricane Idalia

Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, tagged , , , , on August 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Genesis, which is being decommissioned, has been fully evacuated. BSEE will no doubt have information on all evacuations and shut-ins tomorrow.

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December 2022 GoM production data are now posted

Posted in energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , on March 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Comments on 2022 oil production:

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Give it up Coast Guard. It’s time to drop the vaccine mandate.

Posted in Florida, hurricanes, tagged , , , , on October 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »

“The American people have moved on. The President himself has declared ‘the Pandemic is over.’ Yet, we continue holding fast to an outdated mandate, purging hundreds of dedicated sailors, even though we struggle to meet our recruiting goals. It is now time to take a pause, reevaluate, and assess what this is costing readiness, the taxpayer, and the public perception of how we treat our people,” he wrote in the letter.

Retired Coast Guard Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee

Meanwhile, a Coast Guard hero during Hurricane Ian is about to be discharged for refusing the vaccine. He is one of 2632 Coast Guard members who refused the shots.

Coast Guard hero Zach Loesch being congratulated by the President

As previously noted, the Coast Guard expelled 7 cadets from the Academy over their Covid vaccination status.

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Kudos to the Cajun Navy and other hurricane response volunteers

Posted in hurricanes, Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

These dedicated and selfless volunteers are assisting in Florida rescue and recovery missions, and are once again making us proud!

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BSEE Ian update

Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , on September 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Some production has already resumed as BSEE reports that 157,706 BOPD were shut-in as of 12:30 pm ET today, down from 190,358 in yesterday’s report.

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BSEE Ian shut-in report

Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , on September 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

190,358 BOPD shut-in as of 12:30 p.m. ET today. Presumably, most of the shut-in production is associated with the major deepwater platforms mentioned in our previous post. Given the projected storm track, these shut-ins should be brief.

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Hurricane Ian: Na Kika, Thunder Horse, Petronius, and Blind Faith shut-in

Posted in Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , on September 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Based on current forecasts, Ian’s impact to Gulf of Mexico production facilities should be minimal. However, BP has shut-in Na Kika and Thunder Horse and Chevron has shut-in Petronius and Blind Faith given their more easterly locations.

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Eye on the tropics

Posted in hurricanes, tagged , , on August 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

I fully expect feature number 4 to be a TC by Wednesday and Hurricane by Friday as it threatens the NE Caribbean first. Eventual track toward Bahamas SE US in 10-15 day period. Feature in Africa develops, stays way out. 1,2,3 weaker right now

Joe Bastardi Twitter

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