The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement estimates that just over 16 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and 11 percent of natural gas production in the region has been shut-in.
The Tulsa-based Oil and Gas Journal reports that as those actions were being taken, the National Hurricane Center was warning Hurricane Helene was growing in strength from a tropical storm and would be impacting the northeastern Gulf Coast today (Thursday, September 26).
