(Reuters) – U.S. Gulf Coast energy facilities restarted operations on Friday as companies assessed 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 have ramped up operations after halving production. Ports reopened and onshore terminals accepted oil and liquefied (LNG) tankers.
Francine missed Texas and flooded Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with heavy rains and gusty winds that led to widespread power outages that affected operations.
According to federal data, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico accounts for about 15% of all domestic oil production and 2% of natural gas production, so storm-related disruptions could increase energy prices.
Francine likely disrupted about 1.5 million barrels of U.S. oil production, which will reduce September production in the Gulf of Mexico by about 50,000 barrels per day, UBS said in a note. But on 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.
Ports in Texas, including Texas City and Lake Charles, which reopened earlier this week after Francine, were serving tankers on Friday, according to ship monitoring data from LSEG.
OPERATING FACILITY CAPACITY DATE DATA
Karoon Who Dat Wells – September 10 All Who Dat Wells locks up
Energy Ltd and evacuated platform,
are currently anticipating that
For whom That will be locked up
a week
BP Schriever, – September 10 Evacuates
Louisiana onshore learning and
September 11 maintenance facilities;
Evacuated
Oxbow staff
Solar farm and construction
crews of the Prairie Ronde
solar project location
Louisiana
ExxonMobil (NYSE:) Hoover offshore – September 9 Locked out and evacuated
platform staff
522,500 September 10
Baton Rouge, barrels per day Reduces production
Louisiana Refinery (bpd) down to just 20%
September 12 Increase in production
Chevron (NYSE:) Gulf of Mexico – September 9 Evacuation
facilitiesAnchor non-essential personnel of
platform, Tahiti four offshore platforms,
oil platform that shuts off oil and gas
output on two offshore
production platforms
Shell (LON:) Perdido oil 125,000 barrels extended September 12
platform, limiting Whale oil production
platform, Auger equivalent per Appomattox, Mars, Vito,
and bye (boo/d) for Ursa and Olympus platforms.
Enchailada/Salsa Perdido Oil
assets, platform; I started rearranging
Appomattox, Mars, 100,000 boe/d personnel to Perdido, but
Vito, Ursa and whale production remain closed
Olympus platforms platform assets together with Auger
and Enchilada/Salsa.
Drilling remains paused at
Whale acquisition, planned for
start work later
year.
September 13 Production ramp up at
Appomattox, Mars, Vito, Ursa
and Olympus platforms
Perdido, Auger and
Enchilada/Salsa remain closed
Drilling remains paused at
their whale acquisition
500,000 barrels September 12 No serious damage to the
Louisiana, Geismar’s oil-per-day production facilities in
and Norco for Louisiana Louisiana
refinery,
250,000/bpd for
Energy and
Chemical Park,
Norco Norco and
September 13 Geismar facilities in the
process
of returning
normal operations
Freeport LNG Export Plant 2.1 Billion Sep 09 Started storm preparations on
(LNG) in Texas cubic feet per plant in Texas
day
Cameron LNG Export Plant – September 10 Amount of natural gas
(LNG) in Louisiana flows to the export plant
decreased
Enbridge (NYSE:) Inc South Marsh Island – September 10 Employees removed
76, Ship Shoal 207, from various offshore US
332 platforms Gulf of Mexico platforms
Kinder Marine terminal in – September 10 Close the terminal
Morgan Myrtle Grove, International Marine
Louisiana Terminal in Myrtle Grove,
Louisiana
September 12
Be partially operational
at its terminals on Friday
Citgo Lake Charles, 463,000 barrels September 10 Adjustment
Louisiana refinery of oil per day, if necessary
Woodside (OTC:) US offshore, – September 10 – Partial evacuate
Energy Louisiana shoreline personnel from Shenzi
oil production plant activities
-Completely evacuate personnel
the coastal coast and
warehouse facilities
September 11 Louisiana
Shenzi stopped production
due to a refinery on land
loses power on Wednesday
Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG 4.7 billion September 10 LNG production at Sabine
Energy terminal, cubic feet per pass remains uninterrupted
Louisiana Day
Murphy Oil (NYSE:) Gulf of Mexico – September 10 Evacuation
Corp assets non-essential personnel
September 11 Gulf of Mexico Assets
Before landfall, Murphy
certain evacuated
non-essential personnel
September 12 Remains active from
majority of its assets and
during assessment
facilities and restoration
evacuated, not essential
staff
Louisiana – September 10 United States Coast Guard Orders
Offshore oil port closure
Port
September 11 Suspended maritime operations
September 13 Back in use
Port of Houma – September 10 United States Coast Guard Orders
closure of the port
Port – September 11 suspended
Fourchon operations
PBF Energy Chalmette, 190,000 barrels September 11 Operating with reduced staff
Louisiana Refinery of oil per day