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

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

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**September 28, 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/)

### CenterPoint Restores Power for Water Needed by Houston Refiners

CenterPoint Energy Inc., Houston\'s electric delivery company, was able
to restore power today to a key pumping station that supplies water to
refineries and chemical plants along the Houston Ship Channel. Houston
Mayor Bill White called CenterPoint officials early Saturday to see if
it could help Entergy Corp. restore power to the Trinity River pumping
station on Houston\'s east side. Three of 12 pumps began pumping water
by midday as CenterPoint was able to reroute power to a nearby
substation through an emergency switch that had never been used before.
Water from the river is pumped to a reservoir that supplies more than 10
cities, including Houston, and 75 industrial customers.

Bloomberg News, 16:01 September 27, 2005

### Damage Assessment Reports on Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs and Platforms

Williams:
<http://biz.yahoo.com/cbsmb/050927/7098d342643048709e78d92bdb404c81.html?.v=1>

Pioneer: <http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050928/pioneer_hurricanes.html?.v=1>

Energy Partners:
<http://biz.yahoo.com/cbsmb/050927/add5625dc5954e85b98b770fd06467eb.html?.v=1>

Newfield
Exploration:<http://biz.yahoo.com/cbsmb/050927/588d09b8bfdb4f078aa536fe5a82f615.html?.v=1>

Cimarex Energy: <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050927/latu126.html?.v=17>

ConocoPhillips: <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050928/285574.html?.v=1>

GlobalSantaFe:
<http://biz.yahoo.com/cbsmb/050928/143aba5bda0e43eeb1bd0b0dc73d1911.html?.v=1>

Grey Wolf: <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050927/datu075.html?.v=1>

Stone Energy:
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2005/0004132686&EDATE>=

Whiting Petroleum:
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2005/0004132335&EDATE>=

### 

### 

### Offshore Facilities Starting Up

ConocoPhillips said it expects to resume output soon at its largest
field in the Gulf. Pioneer Natural Resources Co., based near Dallas,
said 15 percent of its Gulf production will remain shut down through the
end of this week. Kerr-McGee Corp. said it expects to restore about 50
percent of pre-storm production in the Gulf, or the equivalent of about
50,000 barrels of oil a day, by the end of this week. Kerr-McGee has
restored full production at its Boomvang and Nansen fields and oil
output at the Gunnison field. Gas production at the Gunnison and Red
Hawk fields is still shut down and output from the Neptune field is
limited because of disruptions with pipeline and processing facilities
owned by other companies.

Bloomberg News, 13:24 September 28, 2005

### Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Resumes Offshore Operations

Pioneer's Canyon Express and Falcon Corridor gas production facilities
in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico resumed operations on September 26. Net
gas production from the facilities should achieve pre-hurricane levels
of about 60 million cubic feet per day and 150 mmcfd, respectively, late
this week. Net production from the deep-water Devils Tower field, which
was averaging about 5,000 barrels per day of oil and 5 mmcfd of gas
prior to Hurricane Katrina, remained shut in, Pioneer added.

Reuters, September 28, 2005

### Chevron, BHP May Have No Typhoon Oil for Six Months 

Chevron Corp. and BHP Billiton may have no production from their Typhoon
oil and gas venture in the Gulf of Mexico for six months as repairs are
carried out on damage caused by Hurricane Rita, UBS AG said. The
platform may have been pumping less than 15,000 barrels a day of oil and
20 million cubic feet a day of gas when the Rita struck, UBS said.
BHP\'s Mad Dog field, operated by BP Plc, is likely to be shut down for
about ten days.

Bloomberg News, 04:23 September 28, 2005

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### Electricity

### 

### Power Out in Southern Vermont for 40,000 Customers on September 27

A failed insulator at a substation in Bennington, VT caused 40,000
Central Vermont Public Service Corp. customers to lose power across
southern Vermont. Power was out in Bennington, Manchester and
Brattleboro, and neighboring towns. Power was expected to be restored by
midnight.

### [**http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104\~8676\~3072754,00.html**](http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8676~3072754,00.html)

### 

### TXU Restarts 750 MW Monticello 2 Coal-fired Unit in Texas September 27

TXU Corp. restarted the 750-megawatt unit 2 at the Monticello coal-fired
power station in Texas on Sept. 27 following a unit trip, the
Dallas-based company told state regulators in a report.

Reuters, 07:56 September 28, 2005

### SCE's 790 MW Mohave 1 Coal-fired Unit in NV Shut September 27

Reuters, 16:00 September 28, 2005

### Duke's 260 MW Moss Landing 1 Gas-fired Unit in CA Shut September 27

Reuters, 16:00 September 28, 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/).

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######## Petroleum

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### ConocoPhillips, Wood River, Illinois Refinery Will not Delay Planned Maintenance

The 306,000 barrel per day ConocoPhillips Refinery in Wood River,
Illinois will not delay their planned maintenance any longer. According
to a refinery official, the 45-day shutdown has already been delayed for
two weeks, and it can wait no longer due to safety reasons.

<http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/050927/1169802.html?.v=1>

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/).

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######## Natural Gas

**Update- NYMEX Extends Force Majeure**

The New York Mercantile Exchange will declare force majeure for the
October 2005 natural gas contract, and the prior declaration for the
September contract remains in effect.

Source: Natural Gas Intelligence, September 27, 2005

[http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5BejprqjjTUmi%27%40%3E%20bfek%5Cv](http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5BejprqjjTUmi'@> bfek\v)

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.

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######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (09       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /28/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 66.36     | 67.16     | 49.53      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 14.84     | 12.85     | 6.26       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **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/)