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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**May 20, 2005**

######### Electricity

**Wolf Creek 1 Nuclear-Power Production At 61%**

Bloomberg, 07:40 May 20, 2005

**Fitzpatrick 1 Nuclear-Power Production At 100%**

Bloomberg, 07:40 May 20, 2005

Millstone 2 Nuclear-Power Production At 70%

Bloomberg, 07:40 May 20, 2005

**Update - Quad Cities 2 Nuclear-Power Production At 84%**

Bloomberg, 07:40 May 20, 2005

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######## Petroleum

**Fluidic Catalytic Cracking Unit At Texas City Refinery Shut by BP**

At its 460,000 bpd refinery in Texas City, Texas, the third-largest U.S.
refinery and producer of 3 percent of U.S. gasoline, BP shut one of
three gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking units at 3 p.m.
Thursday \"due to need for repairs of pipeline and other vessel
repairs.\"

Reuters, 11:45 May 20, 2005

### Greenspan Says Lower Demand To Keep U.S. Oil Inventories Growing

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that stocks will continue
to grow "unless demand rises, output declines, or we run out of storage
capacity.\"

Reuters, 12:36 May 20, 2005

**OPEC To Keep Production Near Record Levels**

OPEC President Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah stated that regardless of
whether it causes crude prices to fall further, production will remain
at near record levels. \'\'We affirm that if global demand keeps on
growing then we will keep on producing whatever the level of the price
is,\'\' he said.

Bloomberg, 06:54 May 20, 2005

### Carbon Dioxide Flood Technology Suggested 

More than 40 billion barrels of oil could be recovered from aging fields
using advanced CO2 flood technology widely, according to a series of
studies funded by the Department of Energy.

<http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=4>

######## Natural Gas

### Up To 35,000 Faulty Gas Line Couplings To Be Replaced in 37 MN Communities

Centerpoint Energy began removing all couplings that do not meet
standards by the end of 2005.

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### Rapid Construction Of New LNG Terminals Urged By New England Council

Citing a commissioned report, the New England Council, which represents
businesses, academic institutions and health organizations throughout
New England, issued a warning that unless new liquefied natural gas
(LNG) import terminals are built soon, the region could face severe
economic consequences.

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Other News

Nothing to report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (05       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /20/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 46.99     | 48.65     | 40.92      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.39      | 6.47      | 6.44       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

**This Week in Petroleum** from the Energy Information Administration
(EIA)

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Updated on Wednesdays

**Weekly Petroleum Status Report** from EIA**\
**[*http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html*](http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html)

Updated after 1:00pm (Eastern time) on Wednesdays

**Natural Gas Weekly Update** from EIA

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Updated after 2:00 pm (Eastern time) on Thursdays

**ENSEC threat awareness blog site** from Energy Assurance

[*http://ensec.blogspot.com*](http://ensec.blogspot.com/)