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Update for 10/21/05.....
While it looks like Wilma will avoid the big energy infrastructure areas of the Gulf, these two notes:
* According to Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the company has begun evacuating nonessential workers from its sole platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Wilma moves closer to land.
* Transocean, Inc., announced that it had evacuated workers from 10 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Wilma approaches the region. Two of its evacuated rigs are undergoing repairs sustained from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Other Katrina/Rita recovery news:
* According to MMS, 986,805 barrels of oil per day are shut-in which equates to 65.79 percent of the normal daily oil production in the Gulf. Shut-in gas production is 5.34 billion cubic feet per day. This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 53.37 percent of the normal daily gas production in the Gulf. Evacuations are equivalent to 25.76 percent of 819 manned platforms and 11.94 percent of 134 rigs currently operating in the Gulf.
* As of 10/20, Louisiana’s Department of Natural Resources, on-shore oil production in the state was at 30.9 percent of the level prior to the advent of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and that gas production was at 39.1 percent of the pre-storm level.
* On October 20, Kerr-McGee noted that oil production at its facilities in the Gulf of Mexico was up to 75 percent of the level prior to the damage done by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
* Port Arthur/Lake Charles:
- The Motiva refinery remains shut down - capacity 285,000 bbls/day. Shell reports its repair work continues to progress at the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery, with most utility systems up and running. Shell is completing the final site assessments and repair work required to initiate the start-up sequence this week. The restart period will extend into next week as equipment, systems and processes become fully operable and production increases toward normal operating rates.
- ExxonMobil reports restarting several units at its shutdown Beaumont refinery in Texas. The company said the rest of the units at the 350,000 bpd refinery would be brought back online within about two weeks.
- Valero reports its Port Arthur refinery is expected to ramp up to full production rates by
the end of the week. It is currently at about 75 percent.
- Total says its Port Arthur Refinery is returning on schedule and should be completed by
the end of this week.
- Of the remaining three refineries, Citgo's is operating at reduced rate, ConocoPhillips' is restarting, and Calcasieu's refinery continues to operate at full rate - 30,000 bbls/day.
* In the Houston/Texas City area there are no changes since the last report - 5 refineries are operating at full capacity, two are operating at reduced capacity, and one remains shut down with restart expected late this month or next.
* Including the three refineries shut down since Katrina, a total of 1,276,500 bbls/day of refining capacity remains shut down. Note that this is shut down capacity and does not include capacity lost due to refineries operating at reduced capacity.
The next report will be based on the 10/28 update since recovery is at the point where changes are happening slowly - plus we'll know where Wilma hit by then.
Jim
While it looks like Wilma will avoid the big energy infrastructure areas of the Gulf, these two notes:
* According to Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the company has begun evacuating nonessential workers from its sole platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Wilma moves closer to land.
* Transocean, Inc., announced that it had evacuated workers from 10 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Wilma approaches the region. Two of its evacuated rigs are undergoing repairs sustained from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Other Katrina/Rita recovery news:
* According to MMS, 986,805 barrels of oil per day are shut-in which equates to 65.79 percent of the normal daily oil production in the Gulf. Shut-in gas production is 5.34 billion cubic feet per day. This shut-in gas production is equivalent to 53.37 percent of the normal daily gas production in the Gulf. Evacuations are equivalent to 25.76 percent of 819 manned platforms and 11.94 percent of 134 rigs currently operating in the Gulf.
* As of 10/20, Louisiana’s Department of Natural Resources, on-shore oil production in the state was at 30.9 percent of the level prior to the advent of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and that gas production was at 39.1 percent of the pre-storm level.
* On October 20, Kerr-McGee noted that oil production at its facilities in the Gulf of Mexico was up to 75 percent of the level prior to the damage done by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
* Port Arthur/Lake Charles:
- The Motiva refinery remains shut down - capacity 285,000 bbls/day. Shell reports its repair work continues to progress at the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery, with most utility systems up and running. Shell is completing the final site assessments and repair work required to initiate the start-up sequence this week. The restart period will extend into next week as equipment, systems and processes become fully operable and production increases toward normal operating rates.
- ExxonMobil reports restarting several units at its shutdown Beaumont refinery in Texas. The company said the rest of the units at the 350,000 bpd refinery would be brought back online within about two weeks.
- Valero reports its Port Arthur refinery is expected to ramp up to full production rates by
the end of the week. It is currently at about 75 percent.
- Total says its Port Arthur Refinery is returning on schedule and should be completed by
the end of this week.
- Of the remaining three refineries, Citgo's is operating at reduced rate, ConocoPhillips' is restarting, and Calcasieu's refinery continues to operate at full rate - 30,000 bbls/day.
* In the Houston/Texas City area there are no changes since the last report - 5 refineries are operating at full capacity, two are operating at reduced capacity, and one remains shut down with restart expected late this month or next.
* Including the three refineries shut down since Katrina, a total of 1,276,500 bbls/day of refining capacity remains shut down. Note that this is shut down capacity and does not include capacity lost due to refineries operating at reduced capacity.
The next report will be based on the 10/28 update since recovery is at the point where changes are happening slowly - plus we'll know where Wilma hit by then.
Jim
