And let us not forget that shut-in percentage is actually worse now than two weeks ago, when it bottomed out at 61.4% - I guess that they couldn't get info on some production, so just carried it as OK on the books (I remember MMS said they did that right after Katrina) until someone got the power back, turned on the computers, and was finally able to file a shut-in report.  

How much more production is "assumed to be OK" while not reporting?  Go take a look at the EIA chart (which now only updates twice weekly) - the gap between this year and last year (Ivan) is ~800Kbpd.

And, HO - what happened?  No techie talk this past weekend - sorely missed.

Sorry, but the day job had a bit of a problem (I had to edit the NOLA video) that took a bit more time than I had anticipated.  There may be the odd week missing between now and the end of the year, as academic pressures mount. (I am burning DVD's as I write - the joys of a multi-tasking computer)
No need to apologize - I'll just have to wait for my fix.

Keep up the good work.