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Mariner Energy Reports No Material Damage From Gustav
HOUSTON, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mariner Energy, Inc. today
provided a preliminary update on the impact of Hurricane Gustav on the
company'sGulf of Mexico production and assets. The company has completed
initial assessments of virtually all Mariner-operated offshore structures and
received reports from most operators at its third-party operated assets.
Based upon these assessments and reports, it does not appear that any of the
structures sustained any material damage. As of Thursday, September 4,
approximately 220 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day
(MMcfe/d) of offshore production was online. Pre-hurricane production from
Mariner'sGulf of Mexico properties was approximately 360 MMcfe/d.
-- Of Mariner's two largest producing assets, Northwest Nansen (East
Breaks Blocks 602 and 558) resumed production on Tuesday, September 2,
and start-up activities are underway at Bass Lite (Atwater Valley Block
426) with production expected to resume in the next few days.
-- Production operations have resumed at most shelf fields.
-- Full production from deepwater and shelf fields is expected when third-
party pipelines and processing plants resume operations, which is
expected to occur over the next several days as power is restored.
-- Development activities at the Mariner-operated Geauxpher field (Garden
Banks Block 462) and exploration drilling at the Mariner-operated Surge
prospect (Garden Banks Block 334) have resumed.
Website Updates of Post-Hurricane Gustav Production
Mariner plans to provide updates about ongoing restoration of its offshore
production shut in due to Hurricane Gustav on the company website
(http://www.mariner-energy.com) beginning Monday, September 8, 2008, and
periodically thereafter.
About Mariner Energy, Inc.
Mariner Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration, development, and
production company headquartered inHouston, Texas, with principal operations
in the Permian Basin and theGulf of Mexico. For more information about
Mariner, visit the company's website at http://www.mariner-energy.com.
SOURCE Mariner Energy, Inc.
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