Ida makes landfall after disrupting US oil, natgas production

10 November 2009 15:41  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--Tropical Storm Ida made landfall on Tuesday in Alabama after disrupting offshore oil and natural gas production.

Ida, once a hurricane, weakened to a tropical storm on Monday as it entered cooler waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center. It weakened further into a tropical depression after making its landfall in Alabama.

Ida's maximum winds are about 35 miles/hour (56 km/hour), the centre said. Wind strength should slowly weaken as the storm continues moving inland.

Some producers had shut in offshore production in preparation for the storm.

As of Monday, 29.6% of oil production in the Gulf has been shut in, according to the US Minerals Management Service (MMS). The Gulf has a capacity of 1.3m bbl/day.

In addition, producers have shut in 27.5% of the Gulf's natural gas capacity, the MMS said. The gulf has a total capacity of 7.0 bcf/day.

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