US Gulf Coast energy facilities hit by Hurricane Francine
42% of crude, 52% of natural gas output in Gulf of Mexico shut
Ports in Texas and Louisiana reopen
Shell ramps up production at its platforms
Adds Shell's update in the table
Sept 13 (Reuters) -U.S. Gulf Coast energy facilities on Friday were restarting operations as companies assessed the damage from Hurricane Francine which tore through offshore oil and gas producing areas and slammed into the Louisiana coast on Wednesday.
Offshore oil and gas producers ramped up operations after halving output. Ports reopened and onshore terminals accepted oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers.
Francine missed Texas and drenched Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with heavy rains and gusty winds that led to widespread power outages that affected operations.
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico accounts for about 15% of all domestic oil production and 2% of natural gas output, according to federal data, so storm-related disruptions can boost energy prices.
Francine has likely disrupted about 1.5 million barrels of U.S. oil production, which will reduce September production in the Gulf of Mexico by around 50,000 barrels per day, UBS said in a note. Yet by Friday the U.S. Coast Guard said most terminals in Louisiana including the port of News Orleans and the deepwater Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) were back in service.
Texas ports including Texas City and Lake Charles that reopened earlier this week following Francine were on Friday servicing tankers, according to vessel monitoring data by LSEG.
OPERATOR | FACILITY | CAPACITY | DATE | DETAILS |
Karoon Energy Ltd KAR.AX | Who Dat wells | - | Sept. 10 | All Who Dat wells shut-in and evacuated platform, currently anticipate that Who Dat will be shut in for a week |
BP BP.L | Schriever, Louisiana | - | Sept. 10 Sept. 11 | Evacuating its onshore learning and maintenance facilities; Evacuated personnel from the Oxbow Solar farm and construction crews from the Prairie Ronde solar project site in Louisiana |
ExxonMobil XOM.N | Hoover offshore platform Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery | - 522,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) | Sept. 09 Sept. 10 Sept. 12 | Shut-in output and evacuated staff Cuts production to as low as 20% Increasing production |
Chevron CVX.N | Gulf of Mexico facilities | - | Sept. 09 | Evacuating non-essential staff from four offshore platforms, shutting in oil and gas output at two offshore production platforms |
Shell SHEL.L | Perdido oil platform, Whale platform, Auger and Enchailada/Salsa assets, Appomattox, Mars, Vito, Ursa, and Olympus platforms Louisiana, Geismar and Norco | 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) for Perdido oil platform; 100,000 boe/d for Whale platform 500,000 barrels of oil per day for Louisiana refinery, 250,000/bpd for Energy and Chemicals Park, Norco | Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 | Extends production curtailment to Appomattox, Mars, Vito, Ursa, and Olympus platforms. Have begun redeploying personnel to Perdido, but production stays shut at asset along with at Auger and Enchilada/Salsa. Drilling remains paused at Whale asset, scheduled to begin operations later this year. Ramping up production at Appomattox, Mars, Vito, Ursa and Olympus platforms Perdido, Auger, and Enchilada/Salsa remain shut Drilling remains paused at their Whale asset No serious damage at the manufacturing facilities in Louisiana Norco and Geismar facilities in the process of returning to normal operations |
Freeport (LNG) | LNG export plant in Texas | 2.1 billion cubic feet per day | Sept. 09 | Begun storm preparations at its Texas plant |
Cameron (LNG) | LNG export plant in Louisiana | - | Sept. 10 | Amount of natural gas flowing to the export plant dropped |
Enbridge Inc ENB.TO | South Marsh Island 76, | - | Sept. 10 | Pulled employees from several offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms |
Kinder Morgan KMI.N | Marine terminal in Myrtle Grove, Louisiana | - | Sept. 10 Sept. 12 | Shut its international marine terminal in Myrtle Grove, Louisiana To be partially operational at its terminals by Friday |
Citgo [RIC:RIC:PDVSAC.UL] | Lake Charles, Louisiana refinery | 463,000 barrels of oil per day | Sept. 10 | Adjusting operations as required |
Woodside Energy WDS.AX | U.S. offshore, Louisiana coastal operations | - | Sept. 10 Sept. 11 | -Partially evacuating personnel from its Shenzi oil production facility Shenzi shut-in production due to an onshore refinery losing power on Wednesday |
Cheniere Energy LNG.N | Sabine Pass LNG terminal, Louisiana | 4.7 billion cubic feet per day | Sept. 10 | LNG production at Sabine Pass remains uninterrupted |
Murphy Oil Corp | Gulf of Mexico assets | - | Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12 | Evacuating non-essential personnel at Gulf of Mexico assets Prior to landfall, Murphy had evacuated certain non-essential personnel Continues to operate from majority of its assets and in the process of assessing facilities and restoring evacuated non-essential personnel |
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port | - | Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 | U.S. Coast guard orders closure of port Suspended marine operations Back in service | |
Houma port | - | Sept. 10 | U.S. Coast guard orders closure of port | |
Port Fourchon | - | Sept. 11 | Suspended operations | |
PBF Energy PBF.N | Chalmette, Louisiana Refinery | 190,000 barrels of oil per day | Sept. 11 | Operating with reduced staff |
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Reporting by Rahul Paswan, Seher Dareen and Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson, Marguerita Choy and David Gregorio
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