
US Gulf oil production, 1/3rd of gas(Tropical Storm Lee)
Tropical Storm Lee closures cut about half of US Gulf oil production, 1/3rd of gas
NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Storm Lee has cut off just under half of the normal oil production from the Gulf of Mexico's U.S. waters.
The agency said Friday that 169 of the 617 manned production platforms in the Gulf have been evacuated, along with 16 of the 62 drilling rigs now operating in the Gulf.
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