Pemex, Mexican state-owned petroleum firm, says only 22% of the gas release was methane, and the rest was innocuous nitrogen but scientists reiterate the leak contained only methane — about 40,000 tonnes of it.
Aramco can boost its crude oil output to its maximum capacity of 12 million barrels per day if the Saudi government requests.
Each year, the US gets around four times as many twisters as the rest of the world combined.
Forecasters said Ida could make a US landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, generating winds of 225 kph with heavy downpours.
US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the hurricane made landfall about 15 miles (24 kilometres) north of Port Mansfield.
BP discovered two new oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico, identifying an additional billion barrels of oil in the region using new seismic technology.
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