Louisiana says 62.8% of oil, 73.1% of gas production restored

Washington (Platts)--14Feb2006

The Louisiana Dept of Natural Resources said operators of onshore and
shallow-water wells in a 38-parish region of southern Louisiana hit by
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have restored 127,521 b/d of oil production, or
62.8% of the region's pre-storm output of 203,189 b/d.
     The agency put restored natural gas production at 1.633.5 Bcf/d, or 73.1%
of the region's normal output of 2.235 Bcf/d.
     DNR last week reported restored oil production of 124,030 b/d and
returned gas production at 1.6225 Bcf/d.

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