Oil Prices Slide As Gulf Of Mexico Operators Race To Restart Production

Oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to return evacuated staff to offshore platforms after Hurricane Delta, Reuters reported, citing updates from Chevron, Shell, and BHP. Close to 31 percent of production platforms in the Gulf were evacuated last week ahead of Delta, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. More than 91 percent of oil production was still offline as of Monday. This translates into a total loss of production of 8.8 million bpd. Oil and gas processing infrastructure was also…