(Adds production levels)
Sept 2 (Reuters) - Shell said on Thursday it had
observed damage from Hurricane Ida to its transfer station West
Delta-143 offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
West Delta-143 serves as the transfer station for all
production from its assets in the Mars corridor in the
Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico to onshore crude
terminals.
Shell said it is not yet safe to send personnel offshore to
learn the full extent of the damage and estimate the effect on
production.
The producer maintained 80% of its offshore output shut in
the Gulf. Its Perdido asset in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico
was never disrupted by the hurricane, and a floating platform
Turritella, also known as Stones, is currently back on line.
"When we are able to safely deploy personnel offshore to
these assets, we will conduct additional inspections and work to
restore production as soon as possible," the company said in a
statement.
(Reporting by Arathy S Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya
Soni and David Gregorio)