![](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 10, 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/)

**Entergy's 525 MW Sabine Unit 4 in Texas is Ready for Startup**\
Entergy owns and/or operates 14 generating units in the area affected by
Hurricane Rita.

Of the 14, Entergy said, 10 were available for service, including both
units (3 and 5) at the 1,890 MW Sabine station.

Reuters, 10:52 October 10, 2005

**Valero Restarting Sulfur Units at Port Arthur Refinery**\
Valero Energy said Monday it will begin restarting two sulfur recovery
units at its 250,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The
restart is expected to take a week.\
Reuters, 09:38 October 10, 2005

**Damage Assessment Reports on Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs and Platforms\
\
MarkWest Energy Partners:** operations at its East Texas and Appleby
gathering systems have returned to normal operations. SOURCE MarkWest
Energy Partners, L.P.\
<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/gas/news_article.cfm?id=6008866>

**El Paso's ANR Natural Gas Pipeline:** Eastern SEGA System, effective
immediately, ANR has returned to service the following offshore
pipelines and interconnects that have been inspected and approved:\
1. 24\" Ship Shoal 207 Line to Eugene Island 188;\
2. 30\" Eugene Island 281/296/306 Line to Eugene Island 188;\
3. 20\" South Marsh Island 58 Line to Patterson Compressor Station;\
4. 30\" Eugene Island 188 Lines to Patterson Compressor Station;\
5. 24\" Loop Line from EI 250 to EI 188.

In addition to the available production platforms listed above, ANR will
also accept nominations for receipt and deliver points downstream of its
Patterson C.S. However, due to production losses caused by Hurricane
Rita, there is insufficient gas to operate ANR\'s Patterson Compressor
Station.

The following lines and interconnects are UNAVAILABLE for service due to
sustained damage.

1\. 24\" Line from Vermilion 397 to EI 188, including connecting
laterals

2\. Green Canyon 237

ANR Critical Notice, 12:45 October 10, 2005

<http://anrebb.elpaso.com/ebbANR/ebbmain.asp?sPipelineCode=ANR>

**Noble Energy:** The company resumed operations in the GOM Monday. The
company said it was pumping about 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent per
day in the Gulf of Mexico, a little more than a third of its normal
production rate in the region.

Reuters, 12:25 October 10, 2005

**Delta Petroleum:** The company said 12.3 million cubic feet equivalent
from company-operated wells shut in on Sept. 22 was restored as of Oct.
5.

Reuters, 08:51 October 10, 2005

**Burlington Resources:** 2 percent of its production volume, or 60
MMcfd, is still shut in.

Reuters, 08:06 October 10, 2005

**Huntsman Sys Resumes Chemical Production at 2 plants**

Chemical maker Huntsman Corp. on Monday said it has resumed production
at two plants closed because of Hurricane Rita. Huntsman said its
titanium dioxide joint venture facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and
its Butadiene plant in Port Neches, Texas, began production on Monday.

Reuters, 15:17 October 10, 2005

### Electricity

**20,000 Lose Power in Poconos (PA) Saturday\
**Power went out to much of the Poconos on a dark and stormy Saturday
night, disrupting service to 19,760 customers of PPL Electric Utilities
in Monroe County, according to PPL spokeswoman Kathy Frazier. The
blackout began when a 69 kilo-volt line blew without warning, Frazier
said.\
<http://www.poconorecord.com/topstory/tp100905_2.htm>

**15,000 BG&E Customers in MD Lose Power With Weekend Storm**\
As of 5 p.m. yesterday, power had been restored to all but about 1,100
homes.
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/bal-md.flood10oct10,1,1106172.story?track=rss>

**Almost 11,000 CP&L (CT) Customers Lose Power on Saturday**\
10,622 Connecticut Power and Light customers were out at peak, including
3,125 Naugatuck customers due to a malfunctioning transformer on Water
Street that took out power at a CL&P substation. Most power was restored
by Saturday night.\
<http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=28556>

**Exelon\'s Quad Cities 2 Nuke in IL Ramped Up to 96 Percent of Capacity
October 10**\
The company reduced the unit late last week to test the reactor

fuel for possible defects.

Reuters, 15:17 October 10, 2005

**Progress Energy\'s 938 MW Brunswick nuke unit 1 in North Carolina
resumed Full Power October 10, 2005**

The company reduced power over the weekend to adjust the control rods,
which optimizes the efficiency of the reactor fuel.

Reuters, 14:29 October 10, 2005

**Great Plains Energy's 565 MW Hawthorne 5 Coal-fired Plant in Missouri
Restarts October 10**

The plant was restarted after a 32-day outage due to a failed
transformer. Using a back-up transformer temporarily, Great Plains
resumed operations. Power generation will be limited to 500 MW while the
plant runs with a back-up transformer.\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051010/great_plains_power_plant.html?.v=1>

**So Cal Edison's 790 MW Mohave 2 Coal-fired Unit in California Shut
Sunday**\
Reuters, 08:27 October 10, 2005

**N.M. Four Corners Power Unit Curtails Power to California**\
The amount of power from the 2,040-megawatt Four Corners coal-fired
power station in New Mexico that goes to California declined by 405 MW
by midday Sunday, the California Independent System Operator said in a
report.

Reuters, 08:23 October 10, 2005

**OPG's 490 MW Nanticoke 7 Coal-fired Unit in Ontario Shut on October
10**

Reuters, 15:17 October 10, 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

**EIA to Cut US, Global Oil Demand Estimate**

Doug MacIntyre, an EIA petroleum marketing specialist, said EIA's
estimate to be released Wednesday will be revised down from the previous
estimate. He noted that U.S. gasoline use was about 200,000 barrels per
day (bpd) less during September than previously forecast after Hurricane
Katrina struck.

Reuters, 13:00 October 10, 2005

**Storm Shuts Russia\'s Novorossiysk Oil Port**

Russia\'s main Black Sea oil export terminal of Novorossiysk shut on
Sunday at noon and remained shut on Monday because of strong winds.
Novorossiysk's export program for October showed loadings of 3.914
million tons, or 923,000 barrels per day.

Reuters, 07:21 October 10, 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

**Cheniere Plans to Resume Construction October 10 at Sabine Pass LNG
Site**\
[http://www.cheniere.com](http://www.cheniere.com/)

**Long Beach, California LNG Project Gets Preliminary Environmental
Approval**\
On Friday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Port of Long
Beach issued a preliminary environmental impact statement that concluded
the Mitsubishi/ConocoPhillips plan for a Long Beach, CA LNG facilities
is "environmentally acceptable."

NGI, Daily Gas Price Index, October 10, 2005

[www.marketwatch.com](http://www.marketwatch.com/)

<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/gas/news_article.cfm?id=6008397>

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

### 

**Powder River Basin Coal Surges to New Highs Last Week**\
The most recent problem was the rains at the beginning of October in
Kansas that washed away hundreds of feet of track on Union Pacific
Corp.\'s (UNP) lines near Topeka and damaged several rail bridges. The
disruption caused a backup over a hundred trains long - many of them
carrying Wyoming coal - and forced several utilities that depend on coal
shipped on those lines to run dangerously low on supplies. The price of
Wyoming coal for delivery in 2006 rose 11% on the week. Next year\'s
coal is now trading around \$15.45 a ton, up from \$10 in mid-July.
Track problems out of Powder River Basin have been occurring since May
2005.\
<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=6008789>

**CBO Estimates Hurricanes Cost Energy Industry \$18-31 Billion**\
The Congressional Budget Office reported this to Congress last Thursday.

NGI, Daily Gas Price Index, October 10, 2005

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (10       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /10/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 |           | 65.36     | 53.65      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     | 60.71     |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 13.29     | 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/)