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Hurricane Isaias halts 72% of US Gulf of Mexico oil output
Hurricane Isaias, which strengthened to Category 3 as it approached the US Gulf Coast, has disrupted offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Producers shut about 1.46 million barrels a day, or 72% of the region’s total output.
Workers were evacuated from 129 platforms, and two drilling rigs moved away from the storm’s path.
BP stopped production and evacuated workers from its Thunder Horse and Na Kika platforms, while removing non-essential staff from three others.
The disruption comes as the war involving Iran has unsettled global oil shipping routes and increased delivery times for cargoes from the Middle East.
That has pushed the cost of shipping US crude to Asia to about $79 million for a large tanker, making exports less economically attractive.
The shutdown could limit the buildup of offshore oil that might otherwise be hard to sell abroad.
Hurricane Isaias halted about 1.46 million barrels a day of US Gulf oil production, or 72% of the region’s total, according to the article.
The storm strengthened to Category 3 as it approached the US Gulf Coast.
Workers had been evacuated from 129 platforms by noon Eastern time.
BP halted production and evacuated workers from its Thunder Horse and Na Kika platforms.
A tanker charter to carry US crude to Asia cost about $79 million, according to Baltic Exchange data.
- Who
- Oil producers in the US Gulf halted production; BP was among them.
- What
- Hurricane Isaias disrupted offshore oil production, stopping about 72% of the region’s output.
- When
- The article was published on October 10, 2026. Workers had been evacuated from 129 platforms by noon Eastern time.
- Where
- The US Gulf oil-producing region.
- Why
- Producers halted operations and evacuated workers as the hurricane approached.
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The hurricane strengthened to Category 3 and disrupted offshore oil supplies.
Workers had been evacuated from 129 platforms, and producers had halted about 1.46 million barrels a day of output.
- Production halted
- About 1.46 million barrels a day
- Share of regional production halted
- 72%
- Platforms with workers evacuated
- 129
- BP platforms where production stopped and workers were evacuated
- Thunder Horse and Na Kika
- Tanker charter to carry US crude to Asia
- About $79 million
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