US Gulf crude and natgas supply still on recovery after Hurricane Ida

HOUSTON (ICIS)–US Gulf crude and offshore natural gas supply is still on its recovery phase after Hurricane Ida disrupted output.

About 40% of the current oil production and 48% of the current gas production remains shut in, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Tuesday.

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	39	6.69
Rigs evacuated	0	0
Oil shut in (bbl/day)	720,217	39.57
Gas shut in (bcf/day)	1.074	48.20

Source: BSEE

Oil producers in the region have experienced an uneven recovery in the days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, due to damages of some facilities, power outages in the region and lack of crews.

Shell said its Appomattox, Enchilada/Salsa and Auger assets continue to ramp up production. Its Mars, Ursa and Olympus assets remain shut in.

Its West Delta-143 offshore facility is still offline as the company continues to understand the extent of the damage.

These facilities serve as the transfer station for all production from Shell operated assets in the Mars corridor in the Gulf of Mexico to onshore crude and natural gas terminals.

The EIA revised down their Q3 2021 demand figure by 200,000 bbl/day in Tuesday’s report.

The US Department of Energy announced it had awarded 20m bbl of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to eight companies.

POWER RESTORATION
More than 90% of customers have had power restored in Louisiana, approximately 84,000 customers remain without power, local power distributor Entergy said on Tuesday.

The power distributor is also working to restore power to customers in Texas who have been affected by Tropical Storm Nicholas.

Approximately 9,913 customers are without power in the lone star state, but Entergy expects to restore power by the end of Tuesday and hardest-hit areas by Wednesday night.

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	Restart
BASF	Geismar, Louisiana	BDO*, EO, isocyanates*, polyols*	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*, HDPE*, 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	Restart
INEOS Oxide	Plaquemine, Louisiana	Ethanolamines*	Shutdown
Incitec Pivot	Waggaman, Louisiana	Ammonia	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*	Expected Restart
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	Expected Restart
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*, ethoxylates*, linear olefins	Restart
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