Chron.com | Gulf of Mexico oil producers pumping again after Hurricane Nate - Houston Chronicle Chron.com Oil companies have returned their workers to all but a handful of manned production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Nate barreled through. Roughly 24 percent of the oil production in the Gulf, which is more than 425,000 barrels of oil a ... Gulf oil activity still waiting on higher, stable prices About 30 percent of Gulf oil production still offline because of Nate |