April 10 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum ( OXY ) said

on Wednesday production is expected to commence in the coming

days in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) after some operations

were shut for about five months.

In November, the company had temporarily halted certain

operations in the eastern GOM at the request of the Main Pass

Oil Gathering system operator following an oil spill.

The 67-mile long pipeline was closed last year after crude

oil was spotted around 19 miles offshore of the Mississippi

River delta, near Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans,

impacting several oil and gas producers.

For the three months ended March 31, Occidental expects GOM

oil and gas sales volumes to be 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent

per day (boepd).

Gulf of Mexico production in the first quarter of 2023 was

171,000 boepd.