Theoildrum.com carries a post on hurrricane damage to oil production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico:

There are MANY production platforms missing (as in not visible from the air). This means they have been totally lost. I am talking about 10’s of platforms, not single digit numbers. Each platform can have from 4 to 100+ wells on it. . . .
We are looking at YEARS to return to the production levels we had prior to the storm. The eastern Gulf of Mexico is primarily oil production…
YEARS, people. I know what this means – hope everyone else gets it too…

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