All Gulf of Mexico crude prod halted

[quaoar]

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1153105

Reuters

Sep 23, 2005 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Essentially all Gulf of Mexico crude oil production and 30 percent of U.S. oil refinery production was shut as Hurricane Rita approached the Texas and Louisiana coasts.

Oil prices dropped Friday afternoon as Rita was downgraded to a Category 3 at maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.

About 72 percent of natural gas production was shut in by Friday, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said.

The MMS said 99.1 percent of crude production was shut.

[pitohui]

1. and yet

there are those on this very site (i'm hoping freeps in disguise but who knows) who would like to see the gulf coast abandoned as uninhabitable by humans

face it

you need us

[hippiechick]

2. .. and gas prices will STILL hit the roof this weekend ...

:mad:

[jpak]

3. If there is gas to be had

They ran out of gas in most of Pensacola last night.

I'm sure Mobile and the rest of the Gulf Coast is in a similar state.

Not good if there's another hurricane headed our way...