Mariner Energy Inc. announced Wednesday that it has restarted production on its Ochre and Pluto deepwater Gulf of Mexico projects. Ochre was shut-in after Hurricane Ivan and production at a gross rate of 10.5 million cubic feet of gas equivalent per day has been restored. After being delayed by Hurricane Katrina, Pluto is producing at a gross rate of 40 million cubic feet of gas equivalent per day.
Mariner anticipates the rest of the production shut-in from 2005 hurricane damage will restart in the fourth quarter of 2006.