Equinor is evacuating workers at its Titan platform in the Gulf of Mexico, while planning to shut oil production on June 5 as Cristobal weakens from a tropical storm to a depression. Despite the weakening, the US National Hurricane said it would strengthen again into a storm as soon as June 5 and make landfall in Louisiana two days later. The depression is currently hovering above southern Mexico.
The Norwegian oil firm also owns stakes in other facilities beside Titan. Equinor’s output from the region reached around 120,000 boepd. Meanwhile, the US Gulf’s total crude oil production stood at almost 2 million bpd, according to EIA’s data.
Previously, BP spokesman Jason Ryan said it had begun lowering its production and removing non-essential staff from its Atlantis, Thunder Horse, and Na Kika platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Murphy Oil on Thursday started the evacuation of non-essential workers from the Gulf, but it did not disclose the affected platform and the impact on production.
Talos Energy also stated it is preparing to evacuate personnel. Occidental Petroleum said its facilities in the Gulf remain operational as of June 3. Meanwhile, Shell said it had activated its hurricane team but had seen no impact on production so far.
