Table A3. Probabilities for Various Levels of 2009

Shut-in Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Production

 

 

Probability of Shut-in Production

Billion Cubic Feet

More Than

Less Than

0

95.0%

5.0%

1

94.2%

5.8%

2

93.3%

6.7%

3

92.0%

8.0%

4

91.0%

9.0%

5

89.5%

10.5%

6

88.3%

11.7%

7

87.0%

13.0%

8

85.5%

14.5%

9

84.1%

15.9%

10

82.6%

17.4%

15

74.7%

25.3%

20

67.3%

32.7%

25

60.9%

39.1%

30

55.7%

44.3%

35

51.1%

48.9%

40

46.9%

53.1%

45

43.9%

56.1%

50

41.1%

58.9%

75

32.7%

67.3%

100

28.4%

71.6%

125

24.6%

75.4%

150

21.1%

78.9%

175

17.9%

82.1%

200

14.8%

85.2%

225

12.0%

88.0%

250

9.4%

90.6%

275

7.7%

92.3%

300

6.0%

94.0%

325

4.7%

95.3%

350

3.7%

96.3%

400

2.4%

97.6%

450

1.3%

98.7%

500

0.7%

99.3%

550

0.5%

99.5%

600

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