NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Dolly has triggered the shutdown of about 5 percent of crude oil and natural gas production from the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said Tuesday. As of 11:30 am CST (12:30 p.m. EDT), energy companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico shut some 60,621 barrels of daily crude production and 395 million cubic feet of daily natural gas production, the MMS said.
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