How Did The Oil Refineries Ride Out Hurricane Ike?
Thank You, Lord …
Well, it could be a hell of a lot worse, I guess. If this is the best we could have hoped for … I’ll take it. As long as the prices fall as soon as everyone is back chugging along at normal capacity.
Our best wishes to our Texas brothers and sisters in their clean-up and rebuilding efforts.
Some good news on the condition of refineries?
(No Silence Here - Knox News)
Reuters: Emergency officials said Texas refineries appeared to have escaped major flooding and a Reuters witness on Saturday found no visible signs of flooding or significant damage at eight refineries around Houston and Texas City — a sign production could rebound quickly once power is restored.
Reuters: About 25 percent of U.S. crude oil production is shut down after back-to-back hurricanes churned through the Gulf of Mexico this month, triggering the biggest disruption to nationwide energy supplies in at least three years. (Reporting by Chris Baltimore; Editing by Bill Trott)
HOUSTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department will send 309,000 barrels of crude oil from the nation’s emergency stockpile to two refineries that are running short of supply due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the department said on Sunday.
UPDATE: Texas oil refineries disabled by the massive Hurricane Ike could remain idled for up to nine days and Americans should brace for possible gas shortages, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said on Sunday.
UPDATE II: The eye of Hurricane Ike missed the center of Houston, as well as the largest concentrations of oil and gas refineries.
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ONCE again….the MEDIA’s attempt to HYPE the WEATHER FAILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 14th, 2008 at 11:06 amDon’t you mean Global Warming? After all we never had Hurricanes or tornadoes before Global Warming.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:45 amCan we use eminent domain against Nancy Pelosi’s estate, and construct a large refinery facility there? Wayyy too much of our energy production is centered in vulnerable parts of the country, to these kinds of natural disasters. Just a thought.
September 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pmIt will certainly take more than a few days to cold start the foll owing:
ExxonMobil - Beaumont
ExxonMobil - Baytown
Motiva - Port Arthur
Clark - Port Arthur
BP - Texas City
Valero - Texas City
Shell - Deer Park
Lyondel - Pasadena
Crown Central - Pasadena
and a few pissant refineries
Corpus Christi refineries should be back running by now
Lake Charles refineries should be back running by now
ConocoPhillips - Sweeney (SW of Houston) should be up and running very soon.
Do not forget that all the refineries along the Mississippi River were down for a few days from lack of electric supply due to Gustav. (2 ExxonMobil, 2 Motiva, Marathon, Placid, ConocoPhillips, Murphy and Shell Chemical)
September 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pm