Sept 13 (Reuters) - About 42% of crude production and over 52% of natural gas output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico were offline in the aftermath of Hurricane francine, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Friday.

There were 732,316 barrels per day of oil and 973.2 million cubic feet of natural gas still offline two days after Francine hit the coast.

The lost oil production was up from Thursday's 730,00 barrels and natural gas production was down from 992 million cubic feet as energy firms turned the taps back on.

Francine has been moving northwest to the Mississippi River since Thursday night, hitting portions of the Mississippi Delta, Alabama, western Georgia and the Florida panhandle with heavy rainfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The U.S. Gulf of Mexico accounts for about 15% of all domestic oil production and 2% of natural gas output, according to federal data.

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