Hurricane Ida intensified to Category 4 and swept through the Louisiana coast on Sunday, leaving more than 300,000 homes without power. As the amount of water in the dam began to increase steadily.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Aug. 29 that energy companies had suspended 1.74 million barrels per day of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. After Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf of Mexico coast
Hurricane Ida is approaching Port Fourchon in Louisiana. which is the location of the Louisiana offshore oil terminal, or LOOP
The report states that as of Sunday, Aug 29, many oil companies Including BP, Chevron, Equinox and Royal Dutch Shell has evacuated 288 rig workers, accounting for more than half the number of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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