About 60 percent of Gulf of Mexico's production still blocked

Sunday, September 11, 2005

NEW ORLEANS -- Over 120 Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms were still shut down Saturday and nearly 60 percent of the gulf's normal daily oil production remained blocked from the market because of evacuations due to Hurricane Katrina, a federal agency said.

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