new york nov 30 reuters  us crude oil production fell 35 in september after hurricane ida temporarily halted most crude production in federal waters of the gulf of mexico according to a monthly report from the us energy information administration on tuesday crude output dropped 380000 barrels per day to 10809 mln bpd from a revised 11189 mln bpd in august the report said the decline came as production in the offshore gulf of mexico fell by 464000 bpd offsetting onshore gains ida disrupted gulf of mexico production as it passed through the gulf at the end of august as a result of the storm 96 of crude oil production and 94 of natural gas production in federal waters of the gulf of mexico was halted according to the september eia report the disruptions continued into early september at the same time onshore oil production in texas the topproducing state rose 87000 bpd in the month and north dakota the secondlargest producer had a gain of 8000 bpd the eia said the oil market is closely watching us production as it has struggles to recover to prepandemic levels septembers output was about 2 million bpd below the record high reached in march 2020 as production fell in the month demand gained total us petroleum demand in september rose 98 or 181 million bpd from a year earlier demand changes are measured year on year to account for seasonal variations in demand in september demand for distillates including diesel fuel was up 68 from a year earlier while gasoline demand rose 5 from a year earlier meanwhile natural gas production for the united states excluding alaska fell to 104672 million cubic feet per day in september from 105354 in august natural gas production offshore also fell dropping by 40 in the month to 1203 million cubic feet a day the eia said reporting by jessica resnickault editing by mark porter and marguerita choy