'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida knocks out more oil than Katrina
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HOUSTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas companies on Friday cut more than 1.6 million barrels of oil production as a major storm churned toward oilfields that provide 17% of the nation's oil production.
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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida knocks out more oil than Katrina
By Sabrina Valle and Erwin Seba HOUSTON - U.S. oil and gas companies on Friday cut more than 1.6 million barrels of oil production as a major storm churned toward oilfields that provide 17% of the nation's oil production. The production cutbacks ahead of Hurricane Ida are more than the amount cut during 2005's devastating Katrina Ida barreled into Cuba on Friday after intensifying
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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida knocks out more oil than Katrina
HOUSTON -- U.S. oil and gas companies on Friday cut more than 1.6 million barrels of oil production as a major storm churned toward oilfields that provide 17% of the nation's oil production. Read More
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