HOUSTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Anadarko Petroleum Corp
said on Wednesday that six of its eight oil and gas platforms in
the Gulf of Mexico, including the natural-gas only Independence
Hub, remained shut and evacuated on Wednesday as Hurricane Isaac
hovered over the New Orleans area, preventing crews from flying
out to assess possible damage, restart and restaff.
“We continue to monitor the track of Hurricane Isaac and
will only return our workers and restart production when it is
safe to do so,” the Gulf’s largest natural gas producer said.
The Independence Hub can produce up to 1 billion cubic feet
of natural gas per day. The other five shut platforms — Marco
Polo, Neptune, Constitution, Gunnison and Red Hawk — can
cumulatively produce up to 244,000 barrels per day of oil and
834 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.
(Reporting By Kristen Hays)
