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MMS updates Hurricane Ike damage assessments

PennEnergy

Offshore staff

NEW ORLEANS -- Offshore operators continue to report damage from Hurricane Ike to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico Regional Office.

MMS estimates that from Sept. 13-14, approximately 1,450 oil and gas production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were exposed to hurricane conditions, winds greater than 74 mph. As of August 2008, there were more than 3,800 production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

As of Sept. 29, 2008, 52 of the 3,800 offshore oil and gas production platforms have been confirmed as destroyed. Initial estimates are that the 52 destroyed production platforms produced a total of 13,300 b/d of oil and 90 MMcf/d of gas. Currently, MMS has no information on whether any of the destroyed platforms will be rebuilt by any operator.

MMS has released additional details on the four drilling rigs that had been confirmed as destroyed by Hurricane Ike.

Destroyed Drilling Rigs as of 9/29/08
Ensco 74 - South Marsh Island 149
Pride Wyoming - Ship Shoal 283
Mad Dog Spar Rig - Green Canyon 782
Rowan Anchorage - Vermilion 201