Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are resuming normal operations following tropical storm Barry.

Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) are resuming normal operations following tropical storm Barry, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

Of the 669 manned platforms in the GOM, a total of 20, or 2.99 percent, remained evacuated as of Saturday, BSEE revealed, citing data from offshore operator reports. This figure stood as high as 42.3 percent, or 283 platforms, on July 14.

Personnel have returned to all previously evacuated non-dynamically positioned DP rigs in the region, according to BSEE. The organization estimates that approximately 3.32 percent of oil oil rig flanges gulf coast production and 7.35 percent of gas oil rig flanges gulf coast production in the GOM remained shut-in as of Saturday.

On July 14, BSEE estimated that approximately 72.82 percent of GOM oil oil rig flanges gulf coast production and approximately 61.68 percent of GOM gas oil rig flanges gulf coast production was shut-in.

“Now that the storm has passed, facilities will continue to be inspected,” BSEE said in a statement posted on its website on July 20.

“Once all standard checks have been completed, oil rig flanges gulf coast production from undamaged facilities will be brought back online immediately. Facilities sustaining damage may take longer to bring back on line,” BSEE added.

On July 19, Shell revealed that oil and gas oil rig flanges gulf coast production had resumed on all of the company’s GOM assets. Chevron that it had begun to redeploy personnel and restore oil rig flanges gulf coast production at its Big Foot, Blind Faith, Genesis, Jack St. Malo, Petronius and Tahiti platforms that were shut-in as a result of Barry.