US Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production is practically back to full output following the widespread shut-ins caused by Tropical Storm Nate.
In the latest report by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which regulates offshore energy and mineral extraction, only 0.72% of oil production and 1.12% of natural gas production were still shut in.
Nate had formed on October 5 and made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Mississippi on October 8 before weakening to a tropical depression over Alabama and Tennessee.
At its worst it saw 85.09% of oil production in the Gulf shut in, and 64.7% of natural gas production.
