Over 75% of US Gulf oil, natgas production remains shut in

HOUSTON (ICIS)–Over 75% of US Gulf oil production and natural gas production respectively remains offline as offshore producers continue to recover from the disruption in production caused by Hurricane Ida.

Currently, 76% of oil production and 77% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains shut in, according to the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

The following table shows the number of platforms and rigs evacuated, including the total of oil and natural gas that has been shut in.

	Total	%
Platforms evacuated	71	12.68
Rigs evacuated	4	36.36
Oil shut in (bbl/day)	1,391,865	76.48
Gas shut in (bcf/day)	1.722	77.25

Source: BSEE

Facilities continue to be inspected for damage. Once all standard checks have been completed, production from undamaged facilities will be brought back online, while facilities that sustained damage could take longer to bring back online, the BSEE said.

Shell is redeploying personnel to its Appomattox asset and continuing to deploy employees to its Enchilada/Salsa and Auger assets.

Its Appomattox, Mars, Olympus, Ursa, Auger and Enchilada/Salsa assets reported no major damage although they remain shut in. Approximately 80% of Shell-operated production is currently offline, the company said.

Damage assessments continue at Shell’s West Delta-143 (WD-143) offshore facility. This week the company re-staffed Main Pass 69, Green Canyon 19 and South Pass 89.

Shell said it is currently unable to provide service downstream to Port Fourchon.

Occidental Petroleum said on Wednesday that three of its 10 platforms have restarted production, with three prepared to restart. Primary shore bases sustained damage from the storm, but the company has relocated shore-based operations.

It declined to provide a timeline for full restoration of operations.

BP is resuming operations at Atlantis and Mad Dog. Operations at Thunder Horse and Na Kika are expected to resume in the coming days.

Repairs are underway at its onshore assets in Houma and Port Fourchon. BP has temporarily relocated its shore base to Galveston, Texas, and heliport to Lafayette, Louisiana.

Port Fourchon, Louisiana is continuing its recovery phase. The port is a main site for offshore workers.

POWER RESTORATON
Power has been restored to 80% of the 948,000 customers who lost service after Ida made landfall, local power distributor Entergy said on Thursday.

Of the 226 affected transmission substations, 210 had returned to service as by 8 September, as well as 174 of 211 affected transmission lines. Approximately 450 miles (724km) of transmission lines remain out of service.

Distribution system damage in Louisiana and Mississippi included 30,679 poles, 36,469 spans of wire and 5,959 transformers damaged or destroyed.

The number of poles damaged or destroyed is more than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, Entergy said.

PLANT STATUS
The following shows the status of the chemical plants and refineries affected by Ida.

Company	Site	Products (*indicates force majeure)	Status
AmSty	St James, Louisiana	Styrene	Shutdown
BASF	Geismar, Louisiana	BDO*, EO, isocyanates*, polyols*	Expected Restart
Cornerstone	Waggaman, Louisiana	ACN*, melamine*	Shutdown
Cos-Mar	Carville, Louisiana	Styrene, ethylbenzene	Shutdown
DAK Americas	Bay St Louis, Mississippi	PET*	Shutdown
Dow	Plaquemine, Louisiana	Ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene, EO, glycol ethers*, PE, PG, PO	Expected Restart
Dow	Taft, Louisiana	Ethylene, propylene, acetic acid, acrylic acid, acrylates, ethanolamines, EO, glycol ethers*, LLDPE, oxo-alcohols, 2-EHA*	Shutdown
Enterprise Products	Louisiana, US	Propylene, NGLs	Shutdown
ExxonMobil	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Ethylene, propylene, BD, benzene, toluene, IPA, PA, plasticizers, PE, PP, base oils	Restart
Formosa Plastics	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	PVC*, VCM	Shutdown
Huntsman	Geismar, Louisiana	MA, MDI, polyethyer polyols, aniline nitrobenzene	Expected Restart
INEOS Oxide	Plaquemine, Louisiana	Ethanolamines*	Shutdown
Lion Copolymer	Geismar, Louisiana	EDPM	Restart
Marathon Petroleum	Garyville, Louisiana	Gasoline, propylene, refined products	Shutdown
Methanex	Geismar, Louisiana	Methanol	Shutdown
NOVA	Geismar, Louisiana	Ethylene*, propylene*	Shutdown
Olin	Freeport, Texas	VCM*	Shutdown
Olin	Plaquemine, Louisiana	Caustic soda, chlorine	Shutdown
Olin	St Gabriel, Louisiana	Caustic soda, chlorine	Shutdown
OxyChem	Convent, Louisiana	Caustic soda*, chlorine*	Restart
OxyChem	Geismar, Louisiana	Caustic soda*, chlorine*, EDC*	Restart
OxyChem	Taft, Louisiana	Caustic soda*, chlorine*	Restart
PBF Energy	Chalmette, Louisiana	Benzene, toluene, MX, propylene	Shutdown
Phillips 66	Belle Chasse, Louisiana	Benzene, toluene, MX, propylene	Shutdown
Pinnacle Polymers	Garyville, Louisiana	PP*	Shutdown
Roehm	Fortier, Louisiana	Methyl methacrylate (MMA)	Shutdown
Rubicon	Geismar, Louisiana	MDI, polyether polyols, aniline, nitrobenzene	Shutdown
Shell	Geismar, Louisiana	EO, EG, glycol ethers, linear alcohols, linear olefins	Shutdown
Shell	Norco, Louisiana	Ethylene, propylene, BD	Shutdown
Shintech	Addis, Louisiana	PVC	Shutdown
Shintech	Freeport, Texas	PVC	Shutdown
Shintech	Plaquemine, Louisiana	Caustic soda, chlorine, EDC, PVC, VCM, ethylene	Shutdown
Total Energies	Carville, Louisiana	PS	Shutdown
Valero	Meraux, Louisiana	Gasoline, refined products, propylene	Shutdown
Valero	St Charles, Louisiana	Gasoline, refined products, propylene	Shutdown
Westlake	Geismar, Louisiana	Caustic soda, chlorine, EDC, PVC*, VCM*	Shutdown
Westlake	Plaquemine, Louisiana	Caustic soda, chlorine, EDC, PVC*, VCM*	Shutdown
YCI Methanol One	St James, Louisiana	Methanol	Shutdown

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