Not all operators in the Gulf of Mexico have restored service to their oil and gas assets that were shut for Hurricane Rafael. Equinor has yet to resume service at its Titan oil and gas platform, a company spokeswoman said.
The storm turned southward and did not impact the facility. Crew had attempted to re-man the platform Monday but were unable due to weather conditions, she added. Equinor has ownership in nine other GOM production sites but doesn’t operate them. On Monday, Chevron said it was restoring service to GOM platforms it operates and were taken offline for the storm.
Separately, Shell said over the weekend that it was redeploying staff to its GOM facilities and returning drilling units to sites for restart. Last Friday, the company said it had shut its Salsa production asset after the Hess-operated Conger field was brought offline. Hess said in an email that it had restored normal operations to its GOM assets.
In its update Tuesday, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said around 11% of oil and 3% of gas output was still down after Rafael which has since dissipated. The next storm thats come to focus is now in the western Caribbean. Tropical Storm Sara will be the next named storm in the 2024 hurricane season.
