Hurricane Isaias shuts about 63% of US Gulf oil output and 57% of gas

A US offshore regulator reported on October 8 that about 62.9% of current Gulf of Mexico oil output and 57.4% of gas output had been shut in ahead of Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season. Personnel were evacuated from 121 production platforms, about a third of the 371 manned platforms in the Gulf. Landfall was forecast near the Mississippi-Alabama-Florida border on the night of October 9.

• About 62.9% of Gulf oil output and 57.4% of gas output shut in as of October 8
• 121 production platforms evacuated, 32.6% of 371 manned platforms
• Landfall forecast near the Mississippi-Alabama-Florida border on Friday night