Closest 

Estimated Outage^c

Maximum

Distance^b

Crude Oil

Natural Gas

Name

Date

Category^a

(miles) 

(000 bbls)

(Bcf)

Allison

Jun 1995

1

358

624

0.33

Dean

Jul 1995

0

136

189

4.03

Erin

Aug 1995

1

282

1,529

15.45

Gabrielle

Aug 1995

0

476

490

4.94

Jerry

Aug 1995

0

607

67

0.68

Opal

Oct 1995

4

230

2,951

25.33

Roxanne

Oct 1995

3

468

2,112

18.13

Dolly

Aug 1996

1

589

0

0

Josephine

Oct 1996

0

252

1,455

13.75

Danny

Jul 1997

1

50

990

6.31

Charley

Aug 1998

0

263

0

0

Earl

Sep 1998

2

125

3,765

27.53

Frances

Sep 1998

0

264

787

5.76

Georges

Sep 1998

2

195

7,695

56.27

Hermine

Sep 1998

0

54

1,337

9.77

Mitch

Nov 1998

0

509

1,482

0.03

Bret

Aug 1999

4

325

1,722

5.68

Harvey

Sep 1999

0

325

764

5.18

Irene

Oct 1999

1

692

281

3.92

Beryl

Aug 2000

0

438

0

0.90

Gordon

Sep 2000

1

465

0

0.51

Helene

Sep 2000

0

280

0

0.36

Keith

Oct 2000

1

580

421

0

Allison

Jun 2001

0

214

1,015

7.04

Barry

Aug 2001

0

291

2,747

13.27

Gabrielle

Sep 2001

0

493

0

0

Bertha

Aug 2002

0

134

0

0

Edouard

Sep 2002

0

652

11

0.07

Fay

Sep 2002

0

151

493

3.08

Hanna

Sep 2002

0

163

619

3.87

Isidore

Sep 2002

3

91

10,095

63.06

Lili

Oct 2002

4

27

6,075

46.91

Bill

Jul 2003

0

49

0

4.66

Claudette

Jul 2003

1

135

2,500

15.90

Erika

Aug 2003

1

208

226

0

Grace

Aug 2003

0

209

56

0

Henri

Sep 2003

0

416

375

2.73

Larry

Oct 2003

0

556

172

0

Bonnie

Aug 2004

0

220

748

0

Charley

Aug 2004

4

608

596

0

Frances

Sep 2004

0

454

93

0.40

Ivan

Sep 2004

5

25

27,294

118.09

Jeanne

Sep 2004

1

517

61

0.26

Matthew

Oct 2004

0

68

1,362

34.51

Arlene

Jun 2005

0

270

1,534

5.73

Bret

Jun 2005

0

657

91

0.34

Cindy

Jul 2005

1

95

946

6.66

Dennis

Jul 2005

4

302

1,653

11.64

Emily

Jul 2005

4

387

1,995

14.05

Gert

Jul 2005

0

598

52

0.37

Jose

Aug 2005

0

677

293

1.90

Katrina

Aug 2005

5

138

54,902

355.77

Rita

Sep 2005

5

77

48,351

255.59

Stan

Oct 2005

1

585

9

2.69

Tammy

Oct 2005

0

621

1

0.24

Wilma

Oct 2005

4

566

97

28.30

Alberto

Jun 2006

0

249

0

0

Barry

Jun 2007

0

516

0

0

Dean

Aug 2007

5

627

9,850

4.87

Erin

Aug 2007

0

256

881

0.43

Humberto

Sep 2007

1

144

2,056

7.54

Ten ^d

Sep 2007

-

274

169

0.62

Source: NOAA and EIA calculations.
^a 0 = Tropical storm. 1-5 = Category n hurricane.
^b Closest distance that hurricane or tropical storm passed to geographic center of
  platforms within the offshore Outer Continental Shelf.
^c EIA estimates.  See The 2007 Outlook for Hurricane Impacts on Gulf of Mexico
  Crude Oil & Natural Gas Production for estimation methodology
  (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/pdf/2007_hurricanes.pdf)
^d Storm was classified as a tropical depression.