Table 1. Estimated Shut-in Production by Type of Weather System, 1995-2008
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Crude Oil (thousand barrels) |
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Natural Gas (billion cubic feet) |
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Mean |
Std Dev |
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Mean |
Std Dev |
Tropical Storm |
505 |
645 |
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4.02 |
6.80 |
Moderate Hurricane a |
1,320 |
2,015 |
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8.96 |
14.82 |
Intense Hurricane b |
14,600 |
19,060 |
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89.34 |
112.74 |
a Category 1 or 2. b Category 3, 4, or 5. Std Dev = standard deviation. |
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Source: EIA calculations. |
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Energy Information Administration, The 2009 Outlook for Hurricane Production Outages in the Gulf of Mexico, June 2009