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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**January 28, 2005**

# Electricity 

**The 830 MW High Desert Gas-Fired Plant Curtailed by Only 30 MW, as
More Power Comes Back on Line.**

Reuters, 1349 January 28, 2005

**Petroleum**

**ChevronTexaco May Take 2-3 Years to Restore Oil Production in Nigerian
Delta\
**U.S. multinational ChevronTexaco may take another 2-3 years to restore
140,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production closed during ethnic
violence in Nigeria\'s delta region in 2003, a top manager said on
Friday. The fields, located in the swamps on the western side of the
Niger Delta, were sabotaged and looted during months of fighting between
rival ethnic groups around the city of Warri in the run-up to 2003
elections. The company aims to reopen three of the damaged fields this
year, but output will rise only slowly, \"possibly\" reaching 400,000
bpd by December.**\
**Reuters, January 28, 2005\
\
**Update \-- Nigeria in Talks to Restart 35,000 bpd Shell Output**

Nigerian authorities are still negotiating to end a community protest
that has shut 35,000 barrels per day oil output of Royal Dutch Shell
Group for the fourth day, the energy giant said on Friday.

Reuters, 1124 January 28, 2005

# Update \-- Sunoco Logistics Says No Time for Pipeline Return

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. on Friday said it had no estimated time
for a return to service of its Mid-Valley Pipeline, a crude oil line
closed down after a leak was discovered on Wednesday. The pipeline,
which delivers an average of 195,000 barrels per day of sweet crude from
Texas to Ohio, feeding Sunoco Inc.\'s Toledo refinery and Premcor\'s
Lima refinery, was still being stabilized prior to the start of repair
work. The leak was near the north bank of the Kentucky River about 10
miles north of Carrollton, KY.

Reuters, 1029, January 28, 2005

**Natural Gas**

**Gas Leak Causes 10,000 Southwest Gas Customers to Lose Service**

As many as 10,000 Southwest Gas customers in north Phoenix, Arizona,
lost natural gas service Thursday afternoon after the utility company
shut down a portion of its system to find and repair a malfunctioning
valve, a company spokeswoman said. The company detected a leak on the
system Thursday morning but couldn\'t find its source, the spokeswoman
noted. As a precautionary measure, the company shut down the system in
the area where the leak was believed to be located. By pressure-testing
the lines, workmen found gas leaking from a cracked valve under an
off-ramp of Interstate 17.
[http://www.platts.com/Natural%20Gas/News/2286633.xml?S=n](http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/2286633.xml?S=n)

**Other News**

**Columbian-Venezuelan Border Dispute Could Delay Coal from Reaching
US**

Traders were divided as to whether a diplomatic dispute between Colombia
and Venezuela could delay thousands of tons of Colombian coal from
reaching the US market. Venezuela closed its borders to traffic,
including coal trucks from mines in Colombia, on Jan. 14 after alleged
agents of the Colombian government arrested a guerrilla leader in
Venezuela\'s capital Caracas. One trader claimed the dispute could suck
a couple of hundred thousand tons of much-needed coal out of the US
market.

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**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (1        | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /28/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 47.15     | 48.31     | 33.63      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.23      | 6.43      | 6.04       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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> Source: Reuters

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