Table 2.  Simulated Cumulative Shut-in Production for 2009 Hurricane Season

 

Crude Oil (million barrels)

 

Natural Gas (billion cubic feet)

Mean

12.9

 

Mean

85.6

50th Percentile (Median)

4.5

 

50th Percentile (Median)

36.4

90th Percentile

38.6

 

90th Percentile

241.7

95th Percentile

50.7

 

95th Percentile

318.4

 

 

 

 

 

Outage Scenario Probabilities

 

Outage Scenario Probabilities

P(No Shut-In)

0.0409

 

P(No Shut-In)

0.0503

P(> 25 MMbbl Shut-in)

0.1930

 

P(> 150 Bcf Shut-in)

0.2110

P(> 50 MMbbl Shut-in)

0.0520

 

P(> 300 Bcf Shut-in)

0.0600

P(> 100 MMbbl Shut-in)

0.0030

 

P(> 600 Bcf Shut-in)

0.0030

MMbbl = million barrels.

Bcf = billion cubic feet.

Source: EIA calculations.

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