Mobile Register, ALABAMA: Shell Oil gears up alternate sources
“Shell Oil is ramping up production from natural gas wells around Mobile Bay and along the south Texas coast in an effort to offset major losses from the rich fields off Louisiana, according to company officials.”
Monday, September 05, 2005
By BEN RAINES
Staff Reporter
Shell Oil is ramping up production from natural gas wells around Mobile Bay and along the south Texas coast in an effort to offset major losses from the rich fields off Louisiana, according to company officials.
But given the relatively small sprinkling of rigs off Alabama, and even fewer off the south Texas coast, it’s uncertain whether the effort would significantly ease a tightening supply.
About 89 percent of the Gulf’s daily oil production has been lost, and 79 percent of the natural gas output, according to the U.S. Minerals Management Service. Rigs off Alabama account for about 6 percent of the Gulf of Mexico’s offshore natural gas production, according to the latest statistics released by the U.S. Department of Energy. read more
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