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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**July 14, 2005**

**Highlights/Major Development**

**Update: Hurricane Dennis**

**Gulf of Mexico Shut-in Production MMS release #3303**

Based on the latest data available from the Minerals Management Service,
all 819 manned platforms and 134 rigs currently operating in the GOM
have been remanned. Shut in oil production is equivalent to 3.63% of
daily production (down from 15.45% on Wednesday), and shut-in gas is
2.68% of daily production (down from 10.30% on Wednesday). Cumulative
shut-in oil production for the period 7/8/05 -- 7/14/05 is 5,269,476
bbls, equivalent to 0.962% of the yearly oil production in the Gulf of
Mexico. Cumulative shut-in gas production from 7/8/05 -- 7/14/05 is
23.211 bcf, equivalent to 0.636% of yearly gas production in the Gulf of
Mexico.

MMS' final report on Hurricane Dennis will be issued Friday, July 15,
2005.

**This survey is reflective of 8 companies' reports as of 11:00 a.m.
Central Time.**

  --------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Districts**   **Lake      **Lake      **Lafayette**   **Houma**   **New       **Total**
                  Jackson**   Charles**                               Orleans**   

  **Platforms     0           0           0               0           0           0
  Evacuated**                                                                     

  **Rigs          0           0           0               0           0           0
  Evacuated**                                                                     

                                                                                  

  **Oil, BOPD     0           0           17,000          1,973       35,458      54,431
  Shut-in**                                                                       

  **Gas, MMCF/D   0           0           50.00           20.70       197.59      268.29
  Shut-In**                                                                       
  --------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ----------- -----------

<http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press0714a.htm>

**Other Sources**

**Update: Hurricane Emily**

Hurricane Emily is expected to steer clear of the Gulf of Mexico's major
oil platforms, striking Mexico\'s Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday or Monday,
then emerging into the far southern Gulf.

Reuters 11:36, July 14, 2005

**Electricity**

**Entergy\'s 825 MW FitzPatrick Nuke in New York Resumes July 14, 2005**

Entergy Corporation's FitzPatrick nuclear power station in New York
exited an outage and ramped up to 87 percent early Thursday after
shutting down July 1 for repairs to cooling water leaks.

Reuters 07:16, July 14, 2005

**Exelon's 1,112 MW Peach Bottom Unit 2 Nuke in Pennsylvania From 95% to
67%**

Exelon Corporation's unit 2 at the Peach Bottom nuclear power station in
Pennsylvania dropped to 67 percent early Thursday from 95 percent
earlier in the week. The unit recently came back online after shutting
July 10.

Reuters 07:21, July 14, 2005

**AEP's 690 MW Coal-fired Oklaunion Unit in Texas Shut July 13-14**

American Electric Power Co Inc.\'s Oklaunion coal-fired power station in
Texas shut on July 13-14 due to a lightning strike and is expected to
return to service as soon as possible.

Reuters 13:11, July 14, 2005

### WEP's 507 MW Point Beach Unit 2 Nuke in Wisconsin At 48%

Bloomberg 07:40, July 14, 2005

### Progress Energy's 847 MW Brunswick Unit 1 Nuke in North Carolina Shut July 13

A faulty switch in the main generator at Progress Energy Inc.\'s
Brunswick 1 nuclear reactor in Southport, North Carolina, caused it to
automatically shut down July 13.

Bloomberg 08:28, July 14, 2005

**SCE's 245 MW Big Creek Hydro Unit in California Shut July 14**

The unit shut for unknown reasons.\
Reuters 14:09, July 14, 2005

**Mirant's 337 MW Gas-fired Contra Costa 6 and 212 MW Contra Costa 7 in
California Shut July 14**

The units shut for unknown reasons.\
Reuters 14:09, July 14, 2005

######## Petroleum

**See Update above in Highlights/Major Developments**

### 

### Only Light Damage Done to Oil and Gas Operations From Hurricane Dennis Today, the Minerals Management Service announced that "our preliminary report is that the damage from Hurricane Dennis was extremely light.  This was much lighter than Hurricane Ivan was last year\...\" [**http://www.mms.gov/**](http://www.mms.gov/)  Update -- Extensive Repairs Needed for Thunder Horse 

British Petroleum is taking an optimistic view on the extensive repairs
needed for the badly listing Thunder Horse semi-submersible platform in
the Gulf of Mexico. BP plans to deploy more pumps in an effort to right
the platform, which was damaged by Hurricane Dennis.

Bloomberg 06:01, July 14, 2005

Source: Natural Gas Intelligence (July 13, 2005)\
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**Oil Prices Fell the Most in Two Weeks**\
Forecasts that Hurricane Emily will miss platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
along with resumption of production after last week's shutdowns from
Hurricane Dennis caused crude oil in New York to have the biggest
decline in over two weeks.\
Bloomberg 15:39, July 14, 2005

**Disruption at Exxon's Baytown, Texas, Refinery**\
A disruption was reported at Exxon Mobil Corporation's 564,000 barrel
per day (bpd) Baytown, Texas, refinery. Information on refinery
operations is not yet available.\
Reuters 15:18, July 15, 2005

**Oil Shipments Suspended from Venezuela's Eastern Ports**\
With Hurricane Emily approaching, Venezuela took precautionary measures
by suspending shipments of oil, petroleum products and other cargoes
from its Eastern ports of Puerto La Cruz and the Jose.\
Bloomberg 11:43, July 14, 2005

**Natural Gas**

**See Update above in Highlights/Major Developments**

### FERC and U.S. Army Corps Sign MOA for Gas Projects

A memorandum of agreement to promote a more streamlined regulatory
process has been signed by FERC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The MOA includes "early coordination of efforts to identify the purpose,
needs, and alternatives for regulated natural gas projects."

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######## Other News

### 

Nothing to Report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (07       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /14/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 57.70     | 60.73     | 40.98      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 7.77      | 7.62      | 5.91       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

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