The agency said that of the structures toppled, 44 produced less than 1000 barrels per day of crude, while the remaining five produced between 1000 and 5000 bpd.

Total volumes from the destroyed platforms were estimated at 13,000 bpd of oil and 84 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.

Operators have spent the better part of the last week re-populating their US Gulf platforms in order to fully assess damage and restart production flows to facilities unaffected by the Category 2 hurricane that ripped through the southern and western parts of the US offshore oil patch.

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