Hurricanes cause short-term interruptions in the delivery of goods and services. Normally, there is enough in the pipeline, so to speak, to tide over short periods of time, in storage somewhere, already distributed, and there is only a short further delivery to be made by the “middlemen”.
Only when sufficiently large parts of the production points or distribution systems are disrupted, is there much potential for shortage. But considering that the world supply of oil is INCREASING, as evidenced by the FALLING prices of crude oil, this temporary interruption in the supply from the Gulf does not harm the overall access to petroleum.
Now, if I could just get my car to run on crude oil...