Table 1.  Estimated Shut-in Production by Type of Weather System, 1995-2008

 

 

      Crude Oil

     (thousand barrels)

 

     Natural Gas

      (billion cubic feet)

 

Mean

Std Dev

 

Mean

Std Dev

Tropical Storm

505

645

 

4.02

6.80

Moderate Hurricane a

1,320

2,015

 

8.96

14.82

Intense Hurricane b

14,600

19,060

 

89.34

112.74

a Category 1 or 2.

b Category 3, 4, or 5.

Std Dev = standard deviation.

 

 

 

Source: EIA calculations.

 

 

 

Energy Information Administration, The 2009 Outlook for Hurricane Production Outages in the Gulf of Mexico, June 2009