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

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**May 16, 2005**

######### Electricity

**Update - Inspectors Assessing Damage at Entergy's 484 MW Harrison
Plant**

Inspectors were able to visit the 484 MW plant on Saturday to begin
assessing the damage caused by a natural gas pipeline explosion on
Friday. A spokesman said it would be several days before the assessment
was complete.

Reuters 14:47, May 16, 2005

**DTE's La Paloma Gas Fired Units 1 and 2 Shut**

The units, both 260 MW capacity, were shut Monday for unknown reasons.

Reuters 14:47, May 16, 2005

### Duke's 1,129 MW Catawba 2 Nuke at Full Power

The company manually tripped the unit on May 12 to fix a problem with
the turbine control system.

Reuters, 07:26 May 13, 2005

**Progress Energy's 872 MW Brunswick Unit 1 Nuke Back to Full Power**

The unit was shut May 12 after an emergency power supply failure.

Reuters 13:47, May 16, 2005

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######## Petroleum

**Nigeria Election Threatens Oil Flow**

Gang violence leading up to Nigeria's 2007 presidential election may
threaten oil flow in the country according to a CIA analyst.

Reuters 15:17, May 16, 2005

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**Tesoro Corp Ordered to Fix Refinery in California**

The company has been ordered to install an improved back-up exhaust
system for a coking unit at its 168,000 barrel per day Golden Eagle
refinery in Martinez, CA due to four releases of soot over the past 18
months. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued the order
which could result if fines if not complied with.

Reuters 19:38, May 16, 2005

**Production to Begin at Utah Oil Sands Project**

Cassandra Energy plans it first production from in oil sand project in
Utah next week. The company hopes to produce 2,000 to 4,000 barrels per
day of 22-23 API crude from the project by the end of summer.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/headlines.jsp>

######## Natural Gas

**Update - Limited Service Restored to Pipeline in Harrison County,
Texas**

NGPL will allow 25 million cubic feet of gas to be delivered tomorrow
through a part of the pipeline system near areas that were damaged in
Friday's blast. Other points along the main line which were damaged
remain shut in.

Bloomberg News 12:02, May 16, 2005

Other News

Nothing to Report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (05       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /16/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 48.64     | 52.04     | 41.42      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.45      | 6.56      | 6.43       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **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**\
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Updated after 1:00pm (Eastern time) on Wednesdays

**Natural Gas Weekly Update** from EIA

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

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