Released October 08, 2020 | SUGAR LAND
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Strong storm-force winds and storm surges will reach the shores of Eastern Louisiana by early Friday morning with the approach of Hurricane Delta. Storm surge warnings are in effect from High Island, Texas, to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, with a peak of 11 feet expected when Delta makes landfall late on Friday, potentially as a Category 3 storm.
As of Thursday morning, 180 offshore Oil & Gas Production platforms have been evacuated, representing 1.4 million barrels per day (BBL/d) of oil and 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas production. Every Shell-operated platform except Perdido is down; Equinor, BHP and Chevron have all confirmed evacuations.
Phillips 66 and Citgo Lake Charles, Louisiana, have paused the restart of their refineries, which were taken down previously as a result of Hurricane Laura. These refineries process a sum of 662,000 BBL/d of crude oil. In addition, Shell has placed its 260,000-BBL/d Convent, Louisiana, refinery into hot oil circulation and Delek curtailed rates at its 74,000-BBL/d refinery in Krotz Springs, Louisiana.
Merck is closing its animal active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) oral-solids and injectables plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ahead of the hurricane.
Ethylene producers LyondellBasell, Westlake Petrochemicals and LACC, which were returning to service after completing repairs from Hurricane Laura, have halted restart activities and are in the process of shutting down. Revised restart timelines will be assessed through the weekend once the storm has passed.
Nucor Steel plans to keep its Convent, Louisiana, plant operational, and Gulf Island LLC will continue to run its Houma, Louisiana, plant as they appear to be outside the most intense path of the storm.
Industrial Info researchers will continue to monitor the storm's progress and report on plant closures in the Disaster Impact Tracker tool as they are confirmed. For more information on the Disaster Impact Tracker, click here.
As of Thursday morning, 180 offshore Oil & Gas Production platforms have been evacuated, representing 1.4 million barrels per day (BBL/d) of oil and 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas production. Every Shell-operated platform except Perdido is down; Equinor, BHP and Chevron have all confirmed evacuations.
Phillips 66 and Citgo Lake Charles, Louisiana, have paused the restart of their refineries, which were taken down previously as a result of Hurricane Laura. These refineries process a sum of 662,000 BBL/d of crude oil. In addition, Shell has placed its 260,000-BBL/d Convent, Louisiana, refinery into hot oil circulation and Delek curtailed rates at its 74,000-BBL/d refinery in Krotz Springs, Louisiana.
Merck is closing its animal active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) oral-solids and injectables plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ahead of the hurricane.
Ethylene producers LyondellBasell, Westlake Petrochemicals and LACC, which were returning to service after completing repairs from Hurricane Laura, have halted restart activities and are in the process of shutting down. Revised restart timelines will be assessed through the weekend once the storm has passed.
Nucor Steel plans to keep its Convent, Louisiana, plant operational, and Gulf Island LLC will continue to run its Houma, Louisiana, plant as they appear to be outside the most intense path of the storm.
Industrial Info researchers will continue to monitor the storm's progress and report on plant closures in the Disaster Impact Tracker tool as they are confirmed. For more information on the Disaster Impact Tracker, click here.
