DENVER, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Port Fourchon and the Port of Houma in southern Louisiana reopened on Thursday night with some restrictions, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, following a lengthy closure from Hurricane Ida.
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), a key oil hub, remained closed, according to the Coast Guard.
Port Fourchon is a critical hub for the U.S. offshore oil and gas industry, which supplies some 17% of the nation's oil. As of Thursday, about 94% of that oil output was offline while 177, or 32%, of all offshore oil platforms were evacuated.
A survey of Port Fourchon done on Thursday morning confirmed there were no major obstructions in its main waterways, including a key artery to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
(This story corrects attribution in headline and throughout the story to U.S. Coast Guard.)
Reporting by Liz Hampton in Denver; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Stephen Coates
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