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16 ECONOMY Trump’s Time
Post Hurricane Ida: 94% of Offshore Oil
and Gas Infrastructure Suffered Damage
The oil and gas industry infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico suffered
extensive damage from Hurricane Ida, which made landfall Sunday as a
Category 4 storm.
By PENNY STARR
It could take weeks to assess the Hundreds of oil production
damage, with repairs delayed by platforms remained evacuated
t h e l o s s o f p o w e r a f t e r and nearly 1.1 million homes and
“catastrophic” damage was businesses in Louisiana and
done to Louisiana's power grid, Mississippi were without power
utilities officials said. on Monday afternoon.
Reuters reported on the efforts to Refineries in Norco and Belle
restart oil and gas production in Chasse, Louisiana, remained
the Gulf, which will translate into swamped a day after the storm
higher prices at the pump: passed, images showed.
