Approximately 10% of the region’s 371 manned production platforms have not yet received their workers back. Credit: Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock.

The Gulf of Mexico’s oil and gas output has been impacted by storm Rafael, with more than a quarter of the region’s oil and 16% of natural gas production still offline, reported Reuters.

The US offshore energy regulator reported that as of 10 November, 482,790 barrels of oil and 310 million cubic feet of natural gas production were temporarily shut.

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Approximately 10% of the region’s 371 manned production platforms have not yet received their workers back, and two drilling vessels are still displaced.

Chevron and Shell have initiated the process of returning their personnel to offshore facilities.

Shell has also resumed the positioning of drill ships after storm-induced interruptions, according to a spokesperson.

The production losses attributed to Rafael’s shut-ins have amounted to 2.07mbbl of oil and 1.12bcf of natural gas, based on data from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

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Federal offshore oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico represents approximately 15% of total US crude oil output and 2% of dry natural gas production.

Rafael has since weakened to a tropical storm and is expected to linger in the central Gulf of Mexico before turning south and south-west early this week.

Last month, Chevron ceased operations at its Blind Faith platform, evacuating staff in anticipation of Hurricane Milton.

The platform, which lies nearly 260km south-east of New Orleans and has a capacity of 65,000 barrels per day, was the sole facility Chevron closed, while its other Gulf operations were not impacted.