US Gulf Coast energy facilities hit by storm Francine
Adds details, quotes, graphic; updates Woodside, Murphy and BP in table
39% of crude, 49% of natural gas output in Gulf of Mexico shut
Ports in Texas and Louisiana closed or restricted
Sept 12 (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 natural gas 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.
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 | Shut-in output and evacuated staff Cuts production to as low as 20% |
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 | 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) for Perdido oil platform; 100,000 boe/d for Whale platform | Sept. 12 | Evacuating non-essential personnel from three offshore oil platforms, paused drilling operations at Whale platform, shut in production at three assets. |
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 | Shut its international marine terminal in Myrtle Grove, Louisiana |
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 | Evacuating non-essential personnel at Gulf of Mexico assets Prior to landfall, Murphy had evacuated certain non-essential personnel |
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port | - | Sept. 10 Sept. 11 | U.S. Coast guard orders closure of port Suspended marine operations | |
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 in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson
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