Over 23% of US Gulf of Mexico oil output shut in due to Hurricane Rafael

Over 23% of crude oil production and 10% of natural gas output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was shut in byHurricane Rafael, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said on Friday. Energy producers have evacuated dozens of offshore production platforms and shutin 408,830 barrels per day of oil production and nearly 201 ...