Rafael Leaves 26% of Gulf of Mexico's Oil Offline

November 12, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--By Sunday, Rafael had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone spinning about 275 miles southwest of New Orleans. By Monday, the National Hurricane Center showed that no cyclonic activity in the Atlantic was expected over the next 48 hours.On Monday, the NHC showed a low-pressure system off the Yucatan Peninsula that had a 40% chance of evolving to a tropical depression by the weekend. The Atlantic hurrica