Table A2. Probabilities for Various Levels of 2009

Shut-in Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Production

 

 

Probability of Shut-in Production

Million Barrels

More Than

Less Than

0

95.9%

4.1%

0.5

91.7%

8.3%

1

85.7%

14.3%

1.5

78.7%

21.3%

2

72.3%

27.7%

2.5

66.7%

33.3%

3

61.6%

38.4%

3.5

57.2%

42.8%

4

53.4%

46.6%

4.5

50.2%

49.8%

5

47.4%

52.6%

6

42.7%

57.3%

7

39.0%

61.0%

8

36.5%

63.5%

9

34.7%

65.3%

10

33.1%

66.9%

11

31.9%

68.1%

12

30.8%

69.2%

13

29.9%

70.1%

14

29.0%

71.0%

15

28.1%

71.9%

16

27.3%

72.7%

17

26.4%

73.6%

18

25.4%

74.6%

19

24.4%

75.6%

20

23.5%

76.5%

25

19.3%

80.7%

30

15.4%

84.6%

35

12.3%

87.7%

40

9.3%

90.7%

45

7.1%

92.9%

50

5.2%

94.8%

60

2.7%

97.3%

70

1.4%

98.6%

80

0.8%

99.2%

90

0.5%

99.5%

100

0.3%

99.7%

 Source:  EIA Monte Carlo simulation

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