Table 1. Estimated Shut-in Production by Type of Weather System, 1995-2007

 

      Crude Oil
     (thousand barrels)

 

Natural Gas
(billion cubic feet)

 

Mean

Std Dev

 

Mean

Std Dev

Tropical Storm

488

646

 

3.68

6.59

Moderate Hurricane a

1,407

2,054

 

9.56

15.14

Intense Hurricane b

12,142

19,023

 

72.88

109.98

a Category 1 or 2.  b Category 3, 4, or 5

     

Source: EIA calcuations