U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Special Information

Tropical Storm Claudette Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics
as of July 14, 2003

Next report will be issued Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. CDT

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*** This survey is reflective of 28 companies’ reports.

These evacuations are equivalent to 4.679 % of 4060 platforms and 26.4286% of 140 rigs currently operating in the GOM.

This Shut-in oil production is equivalent to 13.0947% of daily production of oil in GOM, which is approximately 1.6 million BOPD.

This Shut-in gas production is equivalent to 7.228% of the daily production of gas in the GOM, which is approximately 14 BCFPD.

07/13/03 – Statistics

The cumulative (07/11/03-07/14/03) oil shut-in production is equivalent to .1054 % of the yearly production of oil in the GOM, which is approximately 584 million barrels.

The cumulative (07/11/03-07/14/03) gas shut-in production is equivalent to .0462 % of the yearly production of gas in the GOM, which is approximately 5.1 TCF.

MMS 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 leases.  These revenues totaled over $6 billion in 2002 and nearly $127 billion since the agency was created in 1982.  Annually, nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the acquisition and development of state and Federal park and recreation lands.

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