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Glance at Oil and Gas Refineries

Posted on: Thursday, 1 September 2005, 18:00 CDT

NEW YORK - Oil and gas refineries and producers remain disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, but most are reporting no major damage. Here's a look at the status of refinery and production in the Gulf as of Thursday:

Supply shortage warnings:

- Florida warns natural gas supply cuts could lead to electricity shortages.

- North Carolina governor warns of "significant loss of gasoline in the Southeast."

- Petroleum Traders Corp., the country's largest independent fuel wholesaler, said it has been cut off by BP PLC and largely cut off by Marathon Oil Corp.

- Exxon Mobil Corp. warns some fuel supply disruptions inevitable; company keeping retail gasoline prices at company-owned stations unchanged.

- Chevron Corp. restricting supplies of gasoline to wholesalers from its East Coast terminals.

- Royal Dutch Shell maintains freeze on prices charged to fuel wholesalers at its terminals in storm-hit areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

Refineries shut in:

- Norco, La. - Valero Energy Corp.'s St. Charles refinery, at 260,000 barrels a day, suffers no serious damage, has restored power, and should restart Sept. 12. Access to Motiva Enterprises' refinery here, 225,000 barrels a day, is limited, and they are delaying a damage assessment.

- Convent, La. - Motiva Enterprises' refinery here, 235,000 barrels a day, may restart within the week, as damage is light and staffing good.

- Meraux, La. - Murphy Oil Corp.'s refinery here, 120,000 barrels a day, looks less damaged than feared. Entergy Corp. said the refinery may face power outages longer than 7-10 days due to heavy flooding in the region.

- Chalmette, La. - Exxon Mobil Corp.'s refinery here, 183,000 barrels a day, remains shut and evacuated; company has no information on damage or restart. Entergy said the refinery may face power outages longer than 7-10 days due to heavy flooding in the region.

- Belle Chasse, La. - ConocoPhillips' Alliance refinery, 255,000 barrels a day, remains shut; no information on damage or restart.

- Garyville, La. - Marathon Oil Co.'s refinery here, 245,000 barrels a day, finds no significant damage. It began production Thursday and plans to start producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel in the next three to five days.

- Pascagoula, Miss. - Chevron Corp.'s refinery here, 325,000 barrels a day, refinery remains shut and evacuated; area saw severe flooding.

Refinery run cuts:

- Exxon Mobil's 494,000 barrel-a-day Baton Rouge refinery.

- Valero Energy's 86,000 barrel-a-day Krotz Springs refinery.

- Premcor's 190,000 barrel-a-day Memphis refinery.

- ConocoPhillips' 239,400 barrel-a-day Lake Charles, La., refinery.

- BP PLC at unnamed U.S. refineries.

- Total SA's 180,000 barrel-a-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery.

Production:

- U.S. Minerals Management Service said about 90 percent of daily oil output and 79 percent of daily natural gas output were shut down in the Gulf as of Thursday - a slight improvement from Wednesday.

- Royal Dutch Shell PLC reports "significant damage" at Mars oil and gas platform and damage to a key offshore pipeline hub.

- Port Fourchon sees no severe flooding, but siltation is a concern and power is out.

- Dominion Resources reports minimal damage at its six large production platforms.

- Total SA reports no significant damage.

- Newfield Exploration Co. said a production platform at Main Pass 138 appears lost in the storm; facility was producing 1,500 barrels a day.

- Murphy Oil Corp. reported no significant damage apparent at Medusa and Front Runner platforms.

- Exxon Mobil said offshore structures appear to have minimal damage.

- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said its Marco Polo platform appeared to have escaped serious damage.

- Kerr-McGee Corp. restarted 55,000 barrels of oil-equivalent a day of Gulf output. Total Gulf output was 130,000 before Katrina.

- U.S. Coast Guard reported five Gulf of Mexico rigs missing, two adrift, two listing and one grounded.

- Devon Energy Corp. said it restored about 50 percent of its Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production it had voluntarily suspended prior to the hurricane.

- Nalco Holding Co. said overall operations remain difficult to assess, though manufacturing operations sustained no major damage. Nalco plants in Scott and Port Allen, La., resumed operations with minimal destruction.

- W&T Offshore Inc.'s drilling rigs and production platforms in the Gulf appear to have sustained minimal damage. The company said it expects a majority of its operated production will be back within the next four days.

- Marathon Oil reboarded all of its Gulf of Mexico platforms. It reported minimal damage at its Ewing Bank platform, but said there was some "serious" damage at South Pass, where it operates three platforms.

- El Paso Corp. said first inspections showed minimal damage. Only one platform of 61 inspected, out of 77 total, was destroyed. Daily output is down to nearly 80 million cubic feet a day, from about 205 million cubic feet a day before the hurricane.

- One of Helmerich & Payne Inc.'s eight active platform rigs in the Gulf suffered considerable damage. On first assessment, the others are little or not damaged.

Limited service restored:

- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' Plantation Pipeline, on its fuel pipeline serving the Southeast.

- Colonial Pipeline, on its fuel pipeline serving the East Coast.

- Louisiana Offshore Oil Port and Royal Dutch Shell's Capline pipeline.

Natural gas supply:

- Enbridge Inc. reported damage to 800 million cubic foot-a-day Mississippi Canyon Corridor pipeline system.

- Williams Cos. lifted force majeure on Transcontinental Pipeline, the key pipeline supplying consumers in the Northeast.

- Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC, a joint development between Williams Cos. and Duke Energy Corp., said its 691-mile natural gas pipeline is fully operational after suffering no significant damage.

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

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