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FACTBOX-US oil sector in recovery after Hurricane Ike

Wed Oct 1, 2008 9:00pm IST
 
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 Oct 1 (Reuters) - Oil companies worked to revive U.S. oil and refining
production in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which hit the Houston energy hub Sept.
13 in the biggest hit to U.S. energy supply since 2005.
 The following outlines the impact of Ike and the leftover effects of
Hurricane Gustav on the energy sector:
 here
 ***************************HIGHLIGHTS*************************
 CURRENTLY SHUT OR SLOWED:
  *3 refineries, 0.16 pct of US refining capacity reduced
  *9 refineries, 16 pct of US refining capacity in restart, ramping up
  *14 refineries, 19.3 pct of US refining capacity restarted or back to
planned rates
  *57.1 pct of US Gulf oil production shut ++
  *45.7 pct of US Gulf natural gas production shut
 CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF GUSTAV AND IKE
  *34.7  mln barrels of crude oil cut ++
  *173.8 bln cubic feet of natural gas cut
  *55.3  mln barrels of refining cut (counting only plants completely shut)
 HEADLINES:
  *Ike destroyed 52 Gulf of Mexico oil platforms-MMS      [ID:nN24475887]
  *Anadarko: only 1 USG platform still down after Ike     [ID:nN24453146
  *Shell fixing Mars, Ursa, W. Delta 143, Cognac          [ID:nN17424064]
  *Shell hopes to reroute Auger pipeline in US Gulf       [ID:nN22754877]
  *Shell's Eugene Island 397 gas platform toppled         [ID:nN17530522]
  *Devon (DVN.N: Quote, Profile, Research): Platforms damaged, some output restored [ID:nN17339347]
  *Targa Resources: Some gas plants off four, five weeks  [ID:nN17284237]
  *Exxon Beaumont refinery recovery to take weeks-sources [ID:nN25511841]
  *Conoco says all Gulf Coast refineries back to normal   [ID:nN29292242]
  *Shell says U.S. Gulf refineries ramping up after Ike   [ID:nN29337239]
  *Colonial says gasoline flows back to pre-storm levels  [ID:nN30432871]
 ***********************CRUDE OIL, NATURAL GAS********************
 HEADLINES:
  *57.1 pct U.S. Gulf's 1.3 million barrels per day crude output shut ++
  *45.7 pct of U.S. Gulf's 7.4 billion cubic feet per day natural gas output
shut, from 47.4 pct previous day
 ******************************REFINING****************************
 REFINERIES REDUCED RATES
  *Alon 80,000 bpd Krotz Springs, Louisiana               [ID:nN18372561]
  *Calcasieu 78,000 bpd Lake Charles, Louisiana  50-70 PCT[ID:nN30436672]
 IN RESTART
  *Marathon's Texas City refinery operational by end-week [nN01495693]
  *Exxon's Beaumont restart continues, Baytown on line [nN01493963]
  *BP 467,700 Texas City                                  [ID:nN30443338]
  *Exxon Mobil Baytown 567,000                            [ID:nN11483411]
  *Lyondell 270,600 bpd Houston                           [ID:nN23501490]
  *Motiva 285,000 bpd Port Arthur         70 PCT          [ID:nN24467467]
  *Total 232,000 bpd Port Arthur                          [ID:nN26314894]
  *Valero 130,000 bpd Houston                             [ID:nN30436672]
  *Valero 245,000 bpd Texas City                          [ID:nN24453778]
  *Valero 325,000 bpd Port Arthur                         [ID:nN25514920]
 RESTARTED/BACK FROM REDUCED RATES
  *Citgo 300,000 bpd Corpus Christi refinery              (DOE)
  *Citgo 430,000 bpd Lake Charles, Louisiana              (DOE)
  *ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 300,000 bpd Sweeny              [ID:nN29292242]
  *ConocoPhillips 280,000 bpd Lake Charles                [ID:nN29292242]
  *ConocoPhillips 247,000 bpd Alliance                    [ID:nN29292242]
  *Exxon Mobil 503,000 bpd Baton Rouge, La                [ID:nN23374342]
  *Motiva 235,000 bpd Convent, La         PLANNED RATES   [ID:nN24467467]
  *Motiva 220,000 bpd Norco, La           PLANNED RATES   [ID:nN17370513]
  *Pasadena Refining 100,000 bpd                          [ID:nN20364786]
  *Placid 56,000 bpd Port Allen           FULL OPS        [ID:nN25508384]
  *Shell-Pemex 332,000 bpd Deer Park      NEAR NORMAL     [ID:nN29337239]
  *Valero 195,000 bpd Memphis, Tennessee  PLANNED RATES   [ID:nN04413662]
  *Valero 90,000 bpd Ardmore, Oklahoma    PLANNED RATES   [ID:nN26295350]
  *Valero 100,000 bpd Three Rivers        PLANNED RATES   [ID:nN26295350]
 BACKGROUND:
  *At the peak on Sept 15, 16 refineries representing 25 percent of the
   nation's refinery capacity, were completely shut.
 ********************ELECTRIC POWER IMPACT*************************
  *Some 490,000 Texas customers still without power       [ID:nN25509001]
 *********************PIPELINES, GAS PLANTS************************
 HEADLINES:
  *Enterprise sees more Gulf offshore damage due Ike      [ID:nN26503315]
  *Centennial Pipeline products line at reduced rates  - DOE
  *Colonial Pipeline at pre-hurricane levels              [ID:nN30432871]
  *Destin pipeline: Levels OK for normal ops at gas plant [ID:nN18514366]
  *Enbridge lifts force majeure on two Gulf gas lines     [ID:nN25509042]
  *Enterprise Products (EPD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) restarts major pipelines
  *Explorer Pipeline says at 60 pct normal volume         [ID:nN22326976]
  *Henry Hub operator lifts force majeure at another pt   [ID:nN22258701]
  *Longhorn Pipeline stops fuel flow due to fire          [ID:nN24444048]
  *Magellan some damage, partially back                   [ID:nN17279901]
  *Plantation pipeline at reduced rates
  *7,700-mile Gulf South pipeline lifts shipper limits    [ID:nN18384484]
  *Seaway crude line restarts                             [ID:nN14445912]
  *Shell: Capline at scheduled rates                      [ID:nN17302884]
  *Shell Houston-to-Houma crude line partly back          [ID:nN12389315]
  *TEPPCO pipelines at 70 percent                         [ID:nN17301657]
++ The U.S. Minerals Management Service said production shut from the Sept. 29
was under-reported  
 (Reuters Americas Energy Desk, 646-223-6050)
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