Gulf of Mexico Oil Leases at Risk for Major Hurricanes until 2010

Jill F. Hasling, Certified Consulting Meteorologist with Houston’s Weather Research Center reviewed the decadal charts of Category 3 through 5 hurricanes since 1851 and found an interesting cycle. This cycle implies that the Gulf of Mexico oil leases have a higher risk of experiencing Category 3, 4 and 5 hurricanes over the next 5 years.