Globalnews.ca | Hurricane Harvey shuts down 22% of Gulf of Mexico oil, US could release emergency stockpile Globalnews.ca About 22 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production is offline due to the hurricane, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said. That equates to roughly 377,117 barrels of oil per day, out of the ... US ready to release oil from emergency stockpile if Hurricane Harvey dictates necessity |