Don't know about the natural gas, but after Ivan the offshore oil industry took a beating. One of our rigs had to drag there BOP and riser on bottom to run from it because it was too rough to pull, anouther couldn't get a tow and had to be evaced-it wend through the eye of Ivan and was later found 75 miles off location with a sever list. My ship got out without damage, but it took nearly a week longer to get back to drilling. That's just our company, I don't know how much damage was done to the other's, but have seen a pic of a jack-up with the deric torn off and the legs ripped out.
Doesn't look good for the gas pumps that's for sure. Makes you wonder what ever hapened to 2001, where's my atomic car and space odessy?