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unrepentantcowboy on August 28, 2008 - 10:05am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I was referring to oil infrastructure.

As far as New Orleans, due to the counterclockwise rotation of the storm, as the storm approaches land, (under the current model) the wind will come from the east, straight into the mouth of the river.

It's not the wind, it's the rain.

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ace on August 28, 2008 - 8:07pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Gustav will impact oil infrastructure and production levels.

For the 2008 hurricane season, the EIA estimates that mean shut in production will be 20 million barrels. However, the EIA believes that the median shut in production of 11 million barrels is a better representation.
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/FTPROOT/forecasting/2008_sp_03.pdf

Below is an updated oil production forecast for the USA Gulf of Mexico showing recent hurricane outages.

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BillJames on August 29, 2008 - 11:50pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Excellent

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