![](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 13, 2005**

## Highlights/Major Developments

## Update \-- Large Portion of Los Angeles, CA Loses Power -- Millions Affected

Roughly 2 million people were affected by the resultant power surge and
outages, which were reported from downtown west to the Pacific Ocean
coast and north into the San Fernando Valley. The problem began at 12:37
p.m. when several workers installing an automated transmission system
accidentally connected the wrong wires. Two men were injured at an oil
refinery when smoke backed up into the facility as it burned off excess
material after the power went out, fire officials said. Much of the
power was restored just before 2 p.m

<http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_3025100?rss>

**Update: Hurricane Katrina**

OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY (OE)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Hurricane Katrina Situation Report #34

**September 13, 2005 (3:00 PM EDT)**

######### 

## HIGHLIGHTS

Currently, 403,672 customers remain without electric power in Louisiana
and Mississippi due to Hurricane Katrina. This is down by about 2.3
million from a peak of 2.7 million customers that were without power
after Hurricane Katrina struck the region.

Entergy reports that transmission line work to the LOOP's Fourchon
facility is complete. Presuming that there are no difficulties
encountered, this will restore additional offshore crude oil will be
available to refineries.

NOAA reported at 11:00AM 9/13 that tropical storm Ophelia is now located
about 130 miles south of Wilmington N.C. and about 120 miles
east-southeast of Charleston S.C. Ophelia is moving at 3 MPH
north-northwestward towards the southeastern U.S. Maximum sustained
winds are near 70 miles per hour with higher gusts. Tropical storm force
winds extend outward 160 miles from the center with the strongest winds
located some 50-60 miles from the center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The Brunswick nuclear reactor, on the southern coast of NC, is currently
under a hurricane watch due to Hurricane Ophelia. All systems have been
checked and are operating properly. If there is a hurricane warning, the
unit must be in hot shutdown within two hours of winds reaching 73 mph.

**PETROLEUM AND GAS INFORMATION**

According to MMS reports on 9/13, 10.62 percent of 819 manned platforms
and 1.49 percent of 134 rigs remain evacuated in the Gulf of Mexico
(GOM). Today's shut-in oil production is 846,720 BOPD. The shut-in oil
production is equivalent to 56.45 percent of the normal daily oil
production in the GOM, which is currently approximately 1.5 million
BOPD.  Shut-in gas production is 3.72 BCFPD. This shut-in gas production
is equivalent to 37.2 percent of the normal daily gas production in the
GOM, which is currently approximately 10 BCFPD.

-   **Improvement in GOM Shut-in Oil and Gas 8/30/05 -- 9/13/05**

  ----------------- -------------------------- ---------------------------
  **Date**          **Percent of GOM Oil       **Percent of GOM Gas
                    Shut-in**                  Shut-in**

  August 30         95.20                      87.99

  August 31         91.45                      83.46

  September 1       90.43                      78.66

  September 2       88.53                      72.48

  September 3       78.98                      57.80

  September 4       No data reported           No data reported

  September 5       69.57                      54.13

  September 6       58.02                      41.06

  September 7       57.37                      40.36

  September 8       60.12 \*                   40.20

  September 9       59.88                      38.29

  September 10      59.84                      38.21

  September 11      No data reported           No data reported

  September 12      57.38                      37.84

  September 13      56.45                      37.20
  ----------------- -------------------------- ---------------------------

\*Oil Production Shut-ins continue to decline, despite the apparent rise
in the figures released by MMS. According to MMS, this rise in the
statistics occurred today because a company just reported a significant
amount of shut-in oil production today that has been shut-in since the
hurricane hit, but was not reported as such due to communications
problems.

The repair or replacement of flooded substations will delay restoration
of transmission service to several refineries downstream of New Orleans.
Inspection of customer facilities is required before service can be
restored.

The State University of New York Maritime College reported that its
training ship, the 565-foot Empire State VI, will be utilized to berth
up to 700 ConocoPhillips employees and contract workers as they begin
repairs on strategic infrastructure and facilities at ConocoPhillips'
oil refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. The ship should arrive in New
Orleans on September 16th.

The tables below show no change in the five shutdown refineries and
company confirmation of status of two refineries with reduced runs.

> Table 1. Shutdown Refineries

+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+
| **         | **Lo     | **S | **Ca     | **Current Status**         |
| Refinery** | cation** | tat | pacity** |                            |
|            |          | e** |          |                            |
|            |          |     | **(bb    |                            |
|            |          |     | l/day)** |                            |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+
| Conoco     | Belle    | LA  | 247,000  | No power - major damage    |
| Phillips\* | Chasse   |     |          |                            |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+
| ExxonMobil | C        | LA  | 187,200  | No power - water damage    |
|            | halmette |     |          |                            |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+
| Murphy     | Meraux   | LA  | 120,000  | No power -- water is       |
|            |          |     |          | starting to recede,        |
|            |          |     |          | currently making           |
|            |          |     |          | assessment of damage,      |
|            |          |     |          | leaking crude oil tank     |
|            |          |     |          | repaired                   |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+
| Shell      | St Rose  | LA  | 55,000   | Awaiting Norco restart,    |
| Chemical   |          |     |          | which should be soon       |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+
| Chevr      | Pa       | MS  | 325,000  | Damage unknown --          |
| onTexaco\* | scagoula |     |          | assessment being made      |
+------------+----------+-----+----------+----------------------------+

# Table 2. Refineries with Reduced Runs

+-------------+---------+-----+---------+----------------------------+
| *           | **Loc   | **S | **Cap   | **Current Status**         |
| *Refinery** | ation** | tat | acity** |                            |
|             |         | e** |         |                            |
|             |         |     | **(bbl  |                            |
|             |         |     | /day)** |                            |
+-------------+---------+-----+---------+----------------------------+
| Motiva      | Convent | LA  | 235,000 | Restarted -- company       |
| (Shell)     |         |     |         | confirmed that refinery    |
|             |         |     |         | should reach full          |
|             |         |     |         | production this week.      |
+-------------+---------+-----+---------+----------------------------+
| Motiva      | Norco   | LA  | 226,500 | Restarted -- operating at  |
| (Shell)     |         |     |         | 95%                        |
+-------------+---------+-----+---------+----------------------------+

**ELECTRICITY INFORMATION**

### STATE OUTAGE DATA 

+---------------------+--------------------+---------------------------+
| **Utility**         | **Customers w/o    | **% Customers w/o Power** |
|                     | Power**            |                           |
|                     |                    | **from Katrina**          |
+---------------------+--------------------+---------------------------+
| Louisiana\*         | 319,345            | 29%                       |
+---------------------+--------------------+---------------------------+
| Mississippi         | 84,327             | 6%                        |
+---------------------+--------------------+---------------------------+

\*Louisiana data is reported by the Louisiana Public Service Commission
and their percentage outage numbers are used in calculating the
percentage of total outage.

**STATE REPORTS**

####### Mississippi and Louisiana 

In Louisiana 319,345 customers remain without power, as reported by the
Louisiana Public Service Commission (LAPSC) (9:00 AM 9/13/05 latest
report).

Significant Louisiana Outage Data by Parish (9:00AM 9/13/05)

  ------------------------------------- ------------- -------------------
  **UTILITY**                           **OUTAGES**   **% customers w/o
                                                      power**

  **Jefferson**                         50,528        24%

  **Lafourche**                         1,232         2%

  **Orleans**                           173,605       84%

  **Plaquemines**                       5,773         62%

  **St. Bernard**                       28,308        99%

  **St. Tammany**                       44,038        41%

  **Tangipahoa**                        1,161         2%

  **Washington**                        14,312        54%
  ------------------------------------- ------------- -------------------

\*Louisiana data and percentages are reported by the Louisiana Public
Service Commission.

Only Parishes with outages of more than 1,000 customers are shown

Louisiana Outage Data by Utility with Significant Outages (9:00AM
9/13/05)

  ----------------------------------- -------------- --------------------
  **UTILITY**                         **OUTAGES**    **% customers w/o
                                                     power**

  **Entergy Louisiana**               89,604         19%

  **Entergy New Orleans**             173,605        84%

  **Wash-St. Tammany**                26,019         57%

  **CLECO**                           29,702         29%

  **Total for state shown includes    **319,345**    **29%**
  companies with low percentage                      
  outages not shown in the Table**                   
  ----------------------------------- -------------- --------------------

\*Louisiana data and percentages are reported by the Louisiana Public
Service Commission.

Mississippi had 84,329 customers without power, which represents 6
percent of customers in the state, including 25,451 Mississippi Power
customers and 58,878 customers of the Electric Power Associations of
Mississippi (EPAOFMS) based on a report from the Mississippi EOC
9/12/05. Mississippi Power, Entergy and TVA have completed restoration
activities to all customers able to receive power. Given the manner in
which utilities count "customers", there have been some seeming data
anomalies during the restoration process. A building with one power
meter is generally counted as one customer by utilities. If an apartment
building is destroyed, for example, and several mobile units are
established to house the former inhabitants, each with a separate meter,
the result is an actual increased number in the total number of
customers reported by the utility servicing them.

Entergy reports that the repair or replacement of flooded substations
will delay restoration of transmission service to several key loads,
including refineries downstream of New Orleans, but customers have
extensive damage as well. In flooded areas the safety of customer's
facilities must be validated by the applicable local authorities before
service can be restored. The repair and inspection of customer
facilities may constrain restoration in some areas.

Entergy reports that in flooded section of New Orleans restoration will
take extended time - months - to restore. Six of their substations
within the city have been reenergized and some distribution has been
restored on a very limited basis.

Ten of Entergy's seventeen generating units in the New Orleans area that
are fueled by natural gas and/or oil have been returned to service.
Several of the units that are currently offline operate only a few days
out of the year during peak periods.

**Additional Information**

**Hurricane Katrina\
Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics Report\
as of Tuesday, September 13, 2005** 

Next Report will be issued on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at 1:00 PM
CDT   \
For information concerning the storm click on
[**www.mms.gov**](http://www.mms.gov/)

**This survey reflects 54 companies' reports as of 11:30 a.m. Central
Daily Time.**

  --------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Districts**   **Lake      **Lake      **Lafayette**   **Houma**   **New       **Total**
                  Jackson**   Charles**                               Orleans**   

  **Platforms     0           0           0               3           84          87
  Evacuated**                                                                     

  **Rigs          0           0           0               0           2           2
  Evacuated**                                                                     

                                                                                  

  **Oil, BOPD     0           620         1,122           66,066      778,912     846,720
  Shut-in**                                                                       

  **Gas, MMCF/D   0           22.00       3.00            523.01      3,172.13    3,720.15
  Shut-In**                                                                       
  --------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ----------- -----------

http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press0913.htmThese cumulative numbers
reflect updated production numbers from all previous reports.  The
reports only represent input received by 11:30 a.m. CDT.  If a company
does not report by 11:30 a.m. it is not included in the special
information release, but it is included in the cumulative shut-in
production. This may result in an apparent increase in the cumulative
report amount.

# Katrina\'s Damage to Production Worse than Ivan's

Hurricane Katrina caused far more damage to the offshore Gulf of Mexico
than last year\'s Hurricane Ivan, and it will take many months to
recover. According to MMS statistics much more of the offshore
production infrastructure, above the surface, was damaged and destroyed
by Katrina. Damage assessment of the pipelines and underwater
infrastructure is still on going.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/6082464.xml?S=n>

[www.mms.gov](http://www.mms.gov/)

**Shell Reopening Gasoline Stations in New Orleans**

100 percent of Shell-branded stations in Baton Rouge are back up and
running, and 19 percent of locations in New Orleans have reopened. 
Local authorities have not granted access to the majority of
Shell-branded sites in New Orleans due to safety concerns, so we have
not been able to fully assess the condition of our network.

<http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=us-en&FC2=/us-en/html/iwgen/news_and_library/storm_updates/katrina/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=/us-en/html/iwgen/news_and_library/storm_updates/katrina/storm_update_katrina120905.html>

**More New Orleans Pumps Coming On-line**

16 of the city's 75 pumps representing 20percent of the pumping capacity
are now operating and more coming on line daily. The Army Corps of
Engineers announced that the primary flooded areas would be dry by
October 2. More heavily flooded areas of New Orleans East should be dry
by October 8, and Plaquemines Parish by October 18, some 40 days ahead
of schedule.

<http://www.neworleanscvb.com/static/index.cfm/action/group/contentID/256/sectionID/1/subsectionID/0/>

**New Orleans Port and Airport Returning to Normal Operations**

The New Orleans International Airport reopened to commercial traffic
this morning, September 13. The Port of New Orleans expects to reopen to
normal cargo traffic on September 14.

<http://www.neworleanscvb.com/static/index.cfm/action/group/contentID/256/sectionID/1/subsectionID/0/>

**Entergy Brings on Four More Substations in New Orleans East**

Yesterday in New Orleans East, four additional substations were brought
online: Michoud, NASA, Gentilly, and Bayou Sauvage.

<http://www.entergy.com/corp/default3.asp>

**Hurricane Pollution Recovery Efforts Continue in New Orleans\
**For latest details (updated September 12 pm) on amount of oil spilled
by company and efforts to clean up pollution see:
<http://www.uscgstormwatch.com/external/?cid=1008&fuseaction=external.viewDocument&documentID=83185>

**Update on Status of Waterways and Ports Affected by Katrina as of 1400
September 12**\
<http://www.uscgstormwatch.com/external/?cid=1008&fuseaction=external.viewDocument&documentID=83248>

######## Electricity

**See Los Angeles Power Outage Story under Highlights / Major
Developments. For information on the impact on oil refining, see
Petroleum.**

### Need to Repair Pump Shuts Exelon's Unit 2 at Briarwood 

Exelon Corp shut the 1,232 MW unit at its Briarwood nuclear generating
station in Illinois to conduct repairs on a leaking pump seal.

Bloomberg 12:09, September 13, 2005.

### Ontario Ends Voltage Reduction

The Independent Electricity System Operator of Ontario ended a 5 percent
voltage reduction that had gone into effect on the afternoon of
September 12 because of a problem with a transmission line.

Reuters 12:02, September 13, 2005.

### Transalta Corp's Wabamun Unit 4r at Full Capacity

Trans Alta announced on September 12 that the 279 MW unit 4 at its
Wabamun power plant in Alberta resumed full operations following an
outage resulting from a train derailment that resulted in an oil spill
into a nearby lake. The facility had been shut down since August 3.

Reuters September 13, 2005.

### SCE's 290 MW Big Creek Hydro Plant in California Shut September 12 

Reuters 14:44, September 13, 2005.

######## OPG's 215 MW Coal-fired Atikokan Plant in Ontario Shut September 12

Reuters 14:17, September 13, 2005.

### Exelon's 1,185 MW Nuclear Generating Station in Illinois Shut September 12

Reuters 14:17, September 13, 2005.

######## 

######## 

######## Petroleum

### OPEC Considers Raising Production 500,000 B/D

The final decision about raising the output ceiling will be made next
week.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8088518.xml?p=Oil/News&S=n>

### ConocoPhillips Restarts California Refinery Following Blackout

ConocoPhillips has restarted its 139,000 b/d Wilmington refinery
following a wide-scale blackout in the Los Angeles area on September 12.

Reuters 13:10, September 13, 2005.

### Valero Restarting its Wilmington, California Refinery Following Blackout

Valero announced that it is restarting its 78,000b/d Wilmington refinery
following the wide-scale blackout in the Los Angeles area on September
12. Valero anticipated that production will be able to run at
approximately 40,000 b/d initially but the timing of a return to full
production is unclear because of problems with a coking unit.

Reuters 13:29, September 13, 2005.

### Power Failure Shuts Some Units at Shell's Los Angeles Refinery

Some units at Shell's 99,000 b/d refinery in the Los Angeles area went
off-line on as Los Angeles experienced a wide-scale power failure on the
afternoon of September 12. Power was restored at the refinery within
approximately 30 minutes.

Bloomberg 19:07, September 12.

Shell's Japanese Refinery to Send Gasoline to U.S.

Shell's Japanese Refining unit Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., will send
approximately 150,000 bbls of gasoline to the U.S. to help ease
shortages brought about by hurricane Katrina.

Bloomberg 4:09,September 13, 2005.

**Shortage of Oil Rigs and Trained Workers Slowing Offshore Development
in Kuwait and Qatar**

A shortage of drilling rigs, exacerbated by the scarcity of trained
workers and the damage to existing rigs from hurricane Katrina, is
delaying drilling by Kuwait and Qatar. Further delays

Bloomberg 13:10, September 13, 2005.

**ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Refinery Has All the SPR Oil It Needs**

The manager of the 494,000 b/d ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana announced on September 13 that the refinery has no need to
borrow any additional crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The company secured a loan of 6 million bbls to make up for the
interruption of supplies because of hurricane Katrina.

Reuters 13:18, September 13, 2005.

**California Utility Adding New Pipeline to Guard Against Levee
Failure**

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is starting work on a new \$30 million major
natural gas pipeline in the northern California to keep supplies flowing
if a levee failure ever cripples its existing line. If the line were
damaged, the utility said, many customers in the Sacramento and San
Francisco Bay areas could lose natural gas service.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/09/12/d
aily6.html?from_rss=1

### 

For additional information on petroleum, see Highlights/Major
Developments

**Natural Gas**

For information on natural gas, see Highlights/Major Developments

######## Other News

Nothing to report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (09       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /13/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 63.18     | 65.83     | 44.62      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 10.71     | 11.56     | 5.15       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

**This Week in Petroleum** from the Energy Information Administration
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