![](media/image1.jpeg){width="8.5in" height="3.5027777777777778in"}U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Electricity Delivery and\
Energy Reliability**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**October 11, 2005**

## Highlights/Major Developments

**Update: Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina**

For the latest damage assessment and restoration efforts concerning
hurricanes Rita and Katrina see the latest Gulf Coast Hurricane
situation report from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability (OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy @
[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/). Starting with
September 24^th^, a combined Hurricane Rita /Katrina situation report
has been prepared called the Gulf Coast Hurricane situation report.
Prior Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina situation reports can be
found at that link as well.

For the latest statistics on shut-in oil and gas production in the Gulf
of Mexico, please click on the following link:
[*http://www.mms.gov/*](http://www.mms.gov/)

**Total Oil Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas Begins Restart**

Total said Tuesday its 233,500 bpd refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, began

its restart, which could take a week to 10 days

Reuters, 14:45 October 11, 2005

**Estimated Refinery Restarts**

BP Texas City 437,000 bpd (6-8 weeks from Sept.30-trade, company sees
some

gasoline by end Oct)

Chalmette (La.) Refining LLC 190,000 bpd (Out until Nov)

ConocoPhillips Belle Chasse. 247,000 bpd (full rates Jan. 2006)

Murphy Oil Corp. Meraux 120,000 bpd (several months - Co.)

Reuters, 14:45 October 11, 2005

**Explorer\'s La.-Texas Oil Pipeline Up October 11**

Explorer Pipeline expects its Lake Charles, Louisiana, origination point
to be operational on Tuesday, with product moving on the Louisiana-Texas
line by Thursday and its Port Arthur, Texas, operations fully
operational by the end of the week, Explorer said on Tuesday. Explorer
expects to receive products from restarted Lake Charles-area refineries
on Thursday. The Port Arthur point is \"on commercial power\" and at
about 50 percent capability and expects to begin receiving products from
Total\'s Port Arthur soon. Explorer said it\'s main Houston-Tulsa
pipeline segment, a 28-inch pipeline with capacity of 700,000 barrels
per day that usually runs about 560,000 bpd, should be running at 75
percent full by the end of the week. That Houston-to-Midwest segment has
had 100 percent operational capability since late-September, but did not
have the normal amount of product to move due to refineries shut for
Hurricane Rita.

Reuters, 13:52 October 11, 2005

**Chevron Says Genesis, Petronius Back on Line**

Chevron Corp. has restarted output at its Genesis and Petronius offshore
platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that had been shut since before
Hurricane Rita, the company said on Tuesday.

Reuters, 13:52 October 11, 2005

**Dominion Announces Partial Resumption of GOM Natural Gas and Oil
Production**\
Dominion announced Monday that its Gulf of Mexico and South Louisiana
production has reached approximately 130 million cubic feet of natural
gas equivalent (mmcfe) per day. . Production capability of approximately
570 mmcfe per day is still shut-in primarily due to hurricane damage to
downstream facilities not owned by Dominion. Prior to Hurricane Katrina,
Dominion\'s Gulf of Mexico and South Louisiana production was
approximately 435 mmcfe per day. Dominion had forecasted production
increases to approximately 700 mmcfe per day during October with the
addition of four previously announced deepwater projects, plus other
planned completion activity.\
<http://www.dom.com/about/companies/production/update.jsp>\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051010/dcm043.html?.v=59>

**Newfield Exploration Restores Some GOM Production\
**Newfield Exploration Co. on Monday said it has resumed about 20
percent of its Gulf of Mexico production closed by Hurricane Rita and,
as a result, lowered its full-year production guidance. The company said
it expects the full-year impact of hurricane-related delays to push back
production of between 18 billion and 20 billion cubic feet of
equivalent. Since Hurricane Rita struck the coast in late September,
Newfield has restored production of about 60 million cubic feet of
equivalent daily out of total production of about 320 million cubic feet
of equivalent daily.\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051010/newfield_exploration_rita.html?.v=1>

**El Paso Sees Most GOM Production by End of 05 and Rest in First
Quarter of 06**

El Paso Corp on Tuesday said it expects oil and gas production in the
Gulf of Mexico to reach as much as 120 million cubic feet equivalent per
day by the end of 2005, compared with production of 205 million cubic
feet equivalent per day before Hurricane Katrina hit in August.

Reuters, 16:05 October 11, 2005

**Electricity**

**AEP's 528 MW Welsh 3 Coal-fired Unit in Texas Shut October 11, 2005**

The plant shut to repair a boiler tube leak.

Reuters, 14:19 October 11, 2005

**AES' 225 MW Huntington Beach 3 Gas-fired Unit in California Shut
October 10**

Reuters, 14:08 October 11, 2005

**SCE's 790 MW Mohave 2 Coal-fired Unit in Nevada Shut October 10**\
Reuters, 14:08 October 11, 2005

For information on damage and restoration efforts to the electricity
infrastructure and the number of power outages due to Hurricanes Rita
and Katrina, please see the Gulf Coast Hurricane situation report from
the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of the
U.S. Department of Energy at the following link:
[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/).

######## Petroleum

**U.S. Retail Diesel Fuel Price at Record \$3.15-EIA**

Reuters, 15:16 October 11, 2005

**Russia\'s Novorossiysk Oil Port Reopens Tuesday**

Reuters, 05:57 October 11, 2005

For information on damage and restoration efforts to the petroleum
infrastructure due to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, please see the Gulf
Coast Hurricane situation report from the Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability (OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy at the
following link:
[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/).

######## Natural Gas

**US Will Draw Extra LNG Cargoes this Winter**

High U.S. natural gas prices should lure extra liquefied natural gas
cargoes to North America this winter, but those supplies won\'t fully
replace losses from hurricane shut-downs, analysts said on Tuesday.

Reuters, 15:53 October 11, 2005

**NYMEX Natgas Ends Up 4 Percent**

NYMEX natural gas futures ended sharply higher on Tuesday, backed early
by strong crude prices and short covering after four straight losing
sessions, then later by a government report showing only a modest gain
in Gulf of Mexico gas supplies, traders said. November natural gas
futures rallied 54.4 cents, or 4 percent, to close at \$13.519.\
Reuters, 15:34 October 11, 2005

For information on damage and restoration efforts to the natural gas
infrastructure due to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, please see the Gulf
Coast Hurricane situation report from the Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability (OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy at the
following link:
[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/).

######## Other News

### 

Nothing to report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (10       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /11/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 |           | 65.36     | 53.65      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     | 63.84     |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 13.67     | 14.84     | 5.63       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

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

[*http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp*](http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp)

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

[*http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/ngupdate.asp*](http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/ngupdate.asp)

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/)