In a press release posted on its web site on Wednesday, the Bureau of Security and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) stated its Hurricane Response Crew continues to watch Gulf of Mexico oil and fuel actions.
The BSEE famous within the assertion that, from operator studies, it estimates that roughly 29.18 % of the present oil manufacturing and 16.85 % of the present pure fuel manufacturing within the Gulf of Mexico has been shut in.
Primarily based on knowledge from offshore operator studies submitted as of 11.30am CDT on Wednesday, personnel have been evacuated from a complete of 17 manufacturing platforms, the BSEE stated within the assertion, highlighting that this represents 4.58 % of the 371 manned platforms within the Gulf of Mexico.
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Personnel have been evacuated from one non-dynamically positioned (DP) rig, equal to twenty % of the 5 rigs of this kind presently working within the Gulf, the BSEE famous within the assertion, including {that a} whole of three DP rigs have moved off location out of Hurricane Helene’s path as a precaution.
“The Bureau of Security and Environmental Enforcement has activated its Hurricane Response Crew and is monitoring offshore oil and fuel operators within the Gulf of Mexico as they evacuate platforms and rigs in response to the hurricane,” the BSEE stated within the assertion.
“The BSEE group will work with offshore operators and different state and federal businesses till operations return to regular and the hurricane is now not a menace to Gulf of Mexico oil and fuel actions,” it added.
“After the storm has handed, services will likely be inspected. As soon as all customary checks have been accomplished, manufacturing from undamaged services will likely be introduced again on-line instantly. Amenities sustaining injury might take longer to deliver again on-line,” it continued.
In a press release posted on its web site on Wednesday, Chevron stated, “in preparation for Hurricane Helene, we have now shut in manufacturing at our Chevron-operated Gulf of Mexico services and evacuated all related personnel”.
“At our onshore services, we’re following our storm preparedness procedures and paying shut consideration to the forecast and observe of the system,” it added.
“Chevron will proceed to intently monitor the storm. We stay targeted on the protection of our workforce, the integrity of our services and the safety of the setting,” it went on to state.
In a press release posted on its web site yesterday, BP stated it’s intently monitoring Hurricane Helene to guard its personnel and operations within the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
“With forecasts indicating an eastward shift within the hurricane’s observe away from our operated platforms within the Gulf of Mexico, we have now taken the next steps,” it added.
“BP has secured our offshore services and eliminated some non-essential personnel from our Argos, Atlantis, Mad Canine, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse platforms,” it continued.
“BP is working towards safely ramping up manufacturing throughout our Gulf of Mexico portfolio,” it went on to state.
BP stated within the assertion that security is its high precedence and added that it’ll proceed to watch climate situations because it takes care of its individuals and its property.
As of 1am CDT on September 26, Hurricane Helene had most sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and a 12 mile per hour northern motion, the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Nationwide Hurricane Heart (NHC) web site confirmed.
“A catastrophic and lethal storm surge is probably going alongside parts of the Florida Massive Bend coast, the place inundation may attain as excessive as 20 ft above floor stage, together with harmful waves,” a press release posted on the NHC web site at 10pm CDT on September 25 warned.
“Probably catastrophic hurricane-force winds are anticipated inside the eyewall of Helene when it makes landfall within the Florida Massive Bend area late Thursday,” it added.
“Preparations to guard life and property must be accomplished by early Thursday earlier than tropical storm situations arrive,” it continued.
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