US DATA: BOEMRE shut-ins- “Based on data from offshore operator
reports submitted as of 11:30 a.m. CDT today, personnel remain evacuated
from a total of 5 production platforms, equivalent to 0.8 percent of the
617 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Production platforms are the
structures located offshore from which oil and natural gas are produced.
Unlike drilling rigs, which typically move from location to location,
production facilities remain in the same location throughout a projects
duration Personnel have been evacuated from 2 rigs, equivalent to 2.9
percent of the 70 rigs currently operating in the Gulf. Rigs can include
several types of self-contained offshore drilling facilities including
jackup rigs, submersibles and semisubmersibles.”