HAVANA — About 17% of crude oil production and 7% of natural gas output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was shut in response to Hurricane Rafael, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said on Wednesday.
Energy producers had shut in 304,418 barrels per day of oil production and nearly 131 million cubic feet of natural gas from Gulf waters, the bureau said.
Rafael, a Category 3 hurricane, was located about 70 miles (110 km) south of Havana in Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph), per the latest advisory from the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
By REUTERS
Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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