U.S. oil losses from Hurricane Ida rank among worst in 16 years

Ida's 150 mile-per-hour winds cut most offshore oil and gas production for more than a week and damaged platforms and onshore support facilities. About 79% of the region's offshore oil production remains shut and 79 production platforms are unoccupied after the storm made landfall on Aug. 29.

"There could be volumes that are offline for a considerable amount of time," said Facts Global Energy consultant Krista Kuhl. "It’s just too early to tell." Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 remain the worst hit to Gulf Coast energy facilities. The back-to-back storms caused production losses that continued for months, removing about 162 million barrels of oil over three months, FGE said.

Maybe Jersey Joe could go meet the next hurricane offshore and explain how bad that would be to hit America again.

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