Table A1. Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

and Estimated Shut-in Production, 1995-2008

 

 

 

 

Closest

Estimated Outage c   

 

 

Maximum

Distance

Crude Oil

Natural Gas

Name

Date

Category a

(miles)b

(MMbbl)

(Bcf)

Allison

Jun 1995

1

358

624

0.3

Dean

Jul 1995

0

136

189

4.0

Erin

Aug 1995

1

282

1,529

15.5

Gabrielle

Aug 1995

0

476

490

4.9

Jerry

Aug 1995

0

607

67

0.7

Opal

Oct 1995

4

230

2,951

25.3

Roxanne

Oct 1995

3

468

2,112

18.1

Dolly

Aug 1996

1

589

0

0

Josephine

Oct 1996

0

252

1,455

13.8

Danny

Jul 1997

1

50

990

6.3

Charley

Aug 1998

0

263

0

0

Earl

Sep 1998

2

125

3,765

27.5

Frances

Sep 1998

0

264

787

5.8

Georges

Sep 1998

2

195

7,695

56.3

Hermine

Sep 1998

0

54

1,337

9.8

Mitch

Nov 1998

0

509

1,482

0

Bret

Aug 1999

4

325

1,722

5.7

Harvey

Sep 1999

0

325

764

5.2

Irene

Oct 1999

1

692

281

3.9

Beryl

Aug 2000

0

438

0

0.9

Gordon

Sep 2000

1

465

0

0.5

Helene

Sep 2000

0

280

0

0.4

Keith

Oct 2000

1

580

421

0

Allison

Jun 2001

0

214

1,015

7.0

Barry

Aug 2001

0

291

2,747

13.3

Gabrielle

Sep 2001

0

493

0

0

Bertha

Aug 2002

0

134

0

0

Edouard

Sep 2002

0

652

11

0.1

Fay

Sep 2002

0

151

493

3.1

Hanna

Sep 2002

0

163

619

3.9

Isidore

Sep 2002

3

91

10,095

63.1

Lili

Oct 2002

4

27

6,075

46.9

Bill

Jul 2003

0

49

0

4.7

Claudette

Jul 2003

1

135

2,500

15.9

Erika

Aug 2003

1

208

226

0

Grace

Aug 2003

0

209

56

0

Henri

Sep 2003

0

416

375

2.7

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

0.4

Ivan

Sep 2004

5

25

27,294

118.1

Jeanne

Sep 2004

1

517

61

0.3

Matthew

Oct 2004

0

68

1,362

34.5

Arlene

Jun 2005

0

270

1,534

5.7

Bret

Jun 2005

0

657

91

0.3

Cindy

Jul 2005

1

95

946

6.7

Dennis

Jul 2005

4

302

1,653

11.6

Emily

Jul 2005

4

387

1,995

14.1

Gert

Jul 2005

0

598

52

0.4

Jose

Aug 2005

0

677

293

1.9

Katrina

Aug 2005

5

138

54,902

355.8

Rita

Sep 2005

5

77

48,351

255.6

Stan

Oct 2005

1

585

9

2.7

Tammy

Oct 2005

0

621

1

0.2

Wilma

Oct 2005

4

566

97

28.3

Alberto

Jun 2006

0

249

0

0

Barry

Jun 2007

0

516

0

0

Dean

Aug 2007

5

627

9,850

4.9

Erin

Aug 2007

0

256

881

0.4

Humberto

Sep 2007

1

144

2,056

7.5

Ten d

Sep 2007

-

274

169

0.6

Dolly

Jul 2008

2

365

0

0

Edouard

Aug 2008

0

30

1,084

15.6

Gustav

Sep 2008

4

64

39,394

252.9

Ike

Sep 2008

4

131

21,782

139.8

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, which may differ from those reported by MMS.  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.

 

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