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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**January 26, 2005**

# Electricity 

# Update-Leak forces Michigan nuclear plant shutdown

Detroit Edison Co. workers today were trying to pinpoint the cause of a
non-radioactive water leak at the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant that
prompted the utility to declare an emergency and quickly shut down the
reactor Monday night. Workers were expected to enter the reactor
containment vessel sometime today to find and repair the problem, which
didn\'t affect the plant\'s nuclear reactor itself or its emergency
systems. Repairs might be done quickly. \"It looks like we should be
able to wrap things up more in a matter of days than in a longer period
of time,\" said John J. Austerberry, an Edison spokesman. A cooling
system at the nuclear power plant was drained of at least 14,000 gallons
of water on Tuesday and workers continue to investigate

<http://www.monroenews.com/articles/2005/01/26/news/news01.txt>

# Constellation's Gas-fired High Desert Units in CA Coming Back On-line Jan 26

The 830 MW High Desert plant was curtailed by just 40 MW versus a
reduction of 454 MW Tuesday.

Reuters, 1401 January 26, 2005

# Reliant's 320 MW Gas-fired Etiwanda 3 Unit in CA Back On-line Jan 26

The unit had been curtailed by 294 MW on Tuesday morning.

Reuters, 1401 January 26, 2005

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# Reliant's 320 MW Gas-fired Etiwanda 4 Unit in CA Back On-line Jan 26

Reuters, 1401 January 26, 2005

**Petroleum\
**

**Sunoco Fire Takes Down FCC, Philadelphia Refinery Complex\
**A fire this morning at Sunoco\'s Philadelphia complex, which is made
up of the Girard Point and Point Breeze complexes, struck an FCC unit
and has halted operations, according to market sources. The size of the
unit involved is said to be about 90,000 b/d. Sources say both the
Girard Point and next-door Point Breeze refineries are closed, due to
the incident.

OPIS Price Watch Alert, 1231 January 26, 2005

**Broken Pipeline Spills Oil Into Kentucky River**\
A pipeline broke and spilled crude oil into the Kentucky River early
Wednesday, creating a miles-long slick along the tributary of the Ohio
River. Just the Kentucky River was affected so far, said Stacy Floden, a
spokeswoman for Kentucky Emergency Management. The pipeline broke above
ground, and the oil spread into the river. The Mid-Valley System
pipeline is capable of delivering 195,000 b/d of crude. There are
reports that Sun\'s Toledo refinery as well as Premcor\'s Lima, Ohio
refinery may have had to ramp down production, but neither report could
be confirmed.\
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oil-spill,0,1883725.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines>

OPIS Price Watch Alert, 1532 January 26, 2005

**Update -- ConocoPhillips FCC Could be Down for a Month or More**

A 105,000 b/d FCC damaged in a fire at ConocoPhillips\' 260,000 b/d
Alliance, La., refinery last Sunday could be down longer than expected.

OPIS Price Watch Alert, 1224 January 26, 2005

**Shell Withdraws 18 Staff as Protest Cuts Nigerian Oil Output**

Royal Dutch/Shell Group\'s venture in Nigeria withdrew 18 members of its
staff from two pumping stations that were shut down by protesters,
forcing the company to cut production by 35,000 barrels a day. Bloomberg
News, 0458 January 26, 2005

**OPEC Said Likely Won\'t Reduce Production**\
OPEC, which meets this weekend, likely won\'t cut its production levels,
the chief executive of the Kuwait Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday.\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050126/world_forum_opec_3.html>

# Aramco Adds Khurais Field to Capacity Plan

As Saudi Aramco puts capacity expansion plans on a fast track,
development of Khurais \-\-- a large mothballed field \-- has been
confirmed as part of the program, with a view to adding a 1 million
barrel per day chunk of production at the end of the decade.

<http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=31>

Oil Daily, January 26, 2005

**Reopened Oil Gathering Station Boosts Kuwait\'s Capacity**

Kuwait Oil Co expects to ramp up production at oil gathering center
(GC-15), reopened Tuesday after a three-year shutdown, to its full
design capacity of 300,000 b/d within a few months, a company spokesman
said.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/4630640.xml?S=n>

**Natural Gas**

**Officials to Feds: Reject LNG Plant\
**Building a liquefied natural gas terminal on the waterfront in Fall
River would pose serious safety, homeland security and environmental
hazards, local officials and members of Congress told federal regulators
yesterday.\
<http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=65099>

**Other News**

Nothing to report.

**Energy Prices**

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|                               | (1        | Ago**     | Ago**      |
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| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 48.55     | 47.61     | 34.41      |
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| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
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| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.44      | 6.19      | 5.70       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
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| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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> Source: Reuters

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