Released September 04, 2020 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial facilities that were within Hurricane Laura's swath of destruction are in the process of restarting or still evaluating damage levels, but the efforts have been hampered by a lack of power supply and other infrastructure issues, Industrial Info's top experts said in a webinar on Wednesday. The status of Power, Chemical Processing, Petroleum Refining and Oil & Gas Production facilities was reviewed in a "boots-on-the-ground" style presentation.
Click here to watch the Industrial Info's on-demand webinar.
Last week, Hurricane Laura, the most powerful hurricane to hit the Louisiana Coast in more than a century, made landfall at Cameron, Louisiana, near the Texas border. The storm forced outages, shutdowns and evacuations for numerous land-based and offshore industrial processing plants along the Louisiana and Southeast Texas coasts. Many of those plants are still offline today and struggling to return to normal operations as they face multiple challenges.
The impact of the storm was followed by Industrial Info's Disaster Impact Tracker. More than 800 plants in the storm's path were tracked, including 183 plants that were shuttered in advance of Laura's landfall. For more information on the Disaster Impact Tracker, click here.
Chemical Processing
Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for Chemical Processing, said 15 ethylene plants along the Gulf Coast, representing 25.5 billion pounds of annual capacity, had shut down in advance of the storm. Much of the capacity remains shut down.
Potential restarts range from October to the end of the year, with power-related issues being a big part of the puzzle, Hamblet said.
Power
As of Thursday, Industrial Info was monitoring eight major power plants that were still offline. Britt Burt, Vice President of Research for the Power Industry, noted that transmission and distribution appeared to bear the brunt of the damage. At the height of the storm, more than 600,000 customers across Entergy Corporation's (NYSE:ETR) (New Orleans, Louisiana) service area were without power, along with 140,000 customers in Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC's (Pineville, Louisiana) service area.
All nine Entergy transmission lines that deliver power into the Lake Charles, Louisiana, area remained out of service as a result of storm damage to multiple structures and spans of wire. These lines not only feed the Lake Charles area, but are the corridor by which power in Louisiana travels to or from Texas. A significant number of transmission structures were damaged beyond repair and require complete replacement.
Burt said the plan is to have one of the nine Entergy lines back up and running in two weeks.
Refining
After Laura's trajectory became clear last week, seven area refineries, representing nearly 2.3 million barrels per day (BBL/d) of capacity, were shut down in advance, said Chris Paschall, Vice President of Research for Petroleum Refining. Another refinery was shut down in the Houston, Texas, area. As this week has progressed, refineries in Texas have either restarted or were beginning restarts. In the Lake Charles area, three refineries didn't appear to have substantial damage, but it was likely to be another three to four weeks before power was restored in the area, he said.
Some refineries may have to revise their turnaround schedules for the remainder of the year as a result of the storm.
Oil & Gas Production
Shane Mullins, Vice President, Product Development Energy Markets, said nearly 300 offshore production platforms had been shut in as a result of Laura, representing roughly 1.3 million BBL/d of production. But as of September 2, personnel remained evacuated from only 59 production platforms. About 1.1 million BBL/d of oil production has been restored, and cumulative shut-ins amount to 13.7 million barrels of lost production.
Two big liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities remained offline. While neither facility received significant damage, the timing of their restoration depends on the availability of power and the reopening of area waterways, Mullins said.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
Click here to watch the Industrial Info's on-demand webinar.
Last week, Hurricane Laura, the most powerful hurricane to hit the Louisiana Coast in more than a century, made landfall at Cameron, Louisiana, near the Texas border. The storm forced outages, shutdowns and evacuations for numerous land-based and offshore industrial processing plants along the Louisiana and Southeast Texas coasts. Many of those plants are still offline today and struggling to return to normal operations as they face multiple challenges.
The impact of the storm was followed by Industrial Info's Disaster Impact Tracker. More than 800 plants in the storm's path were tracked, including 183 plants that were shuttered in advance of Laura's landfall. For more information on the Disaster Impact Tracker, click here.
Chemical Processing
Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for Chemical Processing, said 15 ethylene plants along the Gulf Coast, representing 25.5 billion pounds of annual capacity, had shut down in advance of the storm. Much of the capacity remains shut down.
Potential restarts range from October to the end of the year, with power-related issues being a big part of the puzzle, Hamblet said.
Power
As of Thursday, Industrial Info was monitoring eight major power plants that were still offline. Britt Burt, Vice President of Research for the Power Industry, noted that transmission and distribution appeared to bear the brunt of the damage. At the height of the storm, more than 600,000 customers across Entergy Corporation's (NYSE:ETR) (New Orleans, Louisiana) service area were without power, along with 140,000 customers in Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC's (Pineville, Louisiana) service area.
All nine Entergy transmission lines that deliver power into the Lake Charles, Louisiana, area remained out of service as a result of storm damage to multiple structures and spans of wire. These lines not only feed the Lake Charles area, but are the corridor by which power in Louisiana travels to or from Texas. A significant number of transmission structures were damaged beyond repair and require complete replacement.
Burt said the plan is to have one of the nine Entergy lines back up and running in two weeks.
Refining
After Laura's trajectory became clear last week, seven area refineries, representing nearly 2.3 million barrels per day (BBL/d) of capacity, were shut down in advance, said Chris Paschall, Vice President of Research for Petroleum Refining. Another refinery was shut down in the Houston, Texas, area. As this week has progressed, refineries in Texas have either restarted or were beginning restarts. In the Lake Charles area, three refineries didn't appear to have substantial damage, but it was likely to be another three to four weeks before power was restored in the area, he said.
Some refineries may have to revise their turnaround schedules for the remainder of the year as a result of the storm.
Oil & Gas Production
Shane Mullins, Vice President, Product Development Energy Markets, said nearly 300 offshore production platforms had been shut in as a result of Laura, representing roughly 1.3 million BBL/d of production. But as of September 2, personnel remained evacuated from only 59 production platforms. About 1.1 million BBL/d of oil production has been restored, and cumulative shut-ins amount to 13.7 million barrels of lost production.
Two big liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities remained offline. While neither facility received significant damage, the timing of their restoration depends on the availability of power and the reopening of area waterways, Mullins said.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com.
