据道琼斯8月29日消息,美国安全和环境执行局估计,受热带风暴影响,墨西哥湾约11%的石油产量已经关闭。该局表示:“墨西哥湾海洋油气生产商正在撤离9号热带气旋经过路径上的平台和钻机。六个生产平台上的人员已经被撤离,占到墨西哥湾地区781个人工操作产油平台数量的不到1%。”包括菲利浦斯66和埃克森美孚在内的墨西哥湾地区多数炼油商表示,当前的操作正常,但是他们正在密切监视情况的变化。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Storm Curbs Some Gulf of Mexico Oil Output
About 11% of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut in as a storm in the area bears down, the US government's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement estimates. "Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Tropical Depression No. 9," it says, adding personnel have been evacuated from six production platforms, which is less than 1% of the 781 manned platforms there. Most refiners in the Gulf region, including Phillips 66 and Exxon, say operations are so far normal but that they're monitoring.