(Reuters) -Energy facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast scaled back operations and evacuated some production sites as storm Francine came ashore in Southern Louisiana.
The hurricane center briefly upgraded the storm from Category 1 to Category 2 just before it made landfall, and it has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
About 39% of crude production and 49% of output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico were shut on Wednesday as Hurricane Francine barreled towards the Louisiana coast, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said. Such interruptions have the potential to affect U.S. oil supplies, leading to upward pressure on prices for domestic oil and offshore crude grades.
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.
Hurricane Francine has likely disrupted about 1.5 million barrels of US oil production, which will reduce September production in the Gulf of Mexico by around 50,000 bpd, UBS said in a note.
The port of Brownsville near the border with Mexico and other smaller terminals in Texas remained closed, while other ports, including Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Texas City and Freeport, were working with restrictions. Ports in Houma, Morgan City and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port were closed to navigation, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
OPERAT FACILITY CAPACITY DATE DETAILS
OR
Karoon Who Dat – Sept. 10 All Who Dat
Energy wells wells shut-in
Ltd and evacuated
platform,
currently
anticipate
that Who Dat
will be shut
in for a week
BP Schriever, – Sept. 10
Louisiana Evacuating
its onshore
Sept. 11 learning and
maintenance
facilities;
Evacuated
personnel
from the
Oxbow Solar
farm and
construction
crews from
the Prairie
Ronde solar
project site
in Louisiana
ExxonM Hoover – Sept. 09 Shut-in
obil offshore output and
platform 522,500 Sept. 10 evacuated
barrel-pe staff
Baton r-day
Rouge, (bpd)
Louisiana Cuts
refinery production to
as low as
20%
Chevro Gulf of – Sept. 09
n Mexico Evacuating
facilitiesA non-essential
nchor staff from
platform, four offshore
Tahiti oil platforms,
platform shutting in
oil and gas
output at two
offshore
production
platforms
Shell (LON:) Perdido oil 125,000
platform, barrels Sept. 12 Evacuating
Whale of oil
platform, equivalen non-essential
Auger and t per day personnel
Enchailada/ (boe/d) from three
Salsa for offshore oil
assets Perdido platforms,
oil paused
platform; drilling
100,000 operations at
boe/d for Whale
Whale platform,
platform shut in
production at
three assets.
Freepo LNG export 2.1 Sept. 09 Begun storm
rt plant in billion preparations
(LNG) Texas cubic at its Texas
feet per plant
day
Camero LNG export – Sept. 10 Amount of
n plant in natural gas
(LNG) Louisiana flowing to
the export
plant dropped
Enbrid South Marsh – Sept. 10
ge Inc Island Pulled
76,Ship employees
Shoal 207, from several
332 offshore U.S.
platforms Gulf of
Mexico
platforms
Kinder Marine – Sept. 10
Morgan terminal in Shut its
Myrtle international
Grove, marine
Louisiana terminal in
Myrtle Grove,
Louisiana
Citgo Lake 463,000 Sept. 10
Charles, barrels Adjusting
Louisiana of oil operations as
refinery per day required
Woodsi U.S. – Sept. 10 -Partially
de offshore, evacuating
Energy Louisiana personnel
coastal from its
operations Shenzi oil
production
facility
-Fully
evacuating
staff from
its coastal
shorebase and
Sept. 11 warehouse
facilities in
Louisiana
Shenzi
shut-in
production
due to an
onshore
refinery
losing power
on Wednesday
Chenie Sabine Pass 4.7 Sept. 10 LNG
re LNG billion production at
Energy terminal, cubic Sabine Pass
Louisiana feet per remains
day uninterrupted
Murphy Gulf of – Sept. 10
Oil Mexico Evacuating
Corp assets non-essential
Sept. 11 personnel
at Gulf of
Mexico assets
Prior to
landfall,
Murphy had
evacuated
certain
non-essential
personnel
Louisi – Sept. 10 U.S. Coast
ana guard orders
Offsho closure of
re Oil Sept. 11 port
Port
Suspended
marine
operations
Houma – Sept. 10 U.S. Coast
port guard orders
closure of
port
Port – Sept. 11
Fourch Suspended
on operations
PBF Chalmette, 190,000 Sept. 11 Operating
Energy Louisiana barrels with reduced
Refinery of oil staff
per day
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