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19 comments on Gustav and the Louisana Offshore Oil Port -- What do we need to know?

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The Dude on September 1, 2008 - 7:49pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Nice piece! Here's a Joules-esque piece I found on the SPR: Eyeballing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. DOE has drawn the shades on details on it.

I've heard local news reports of ca. 750k customers without power.

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rainsong on September 1, 2008 - 7:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Assume the refineries may not have power either. Entergy stated this was the worse blackout in its 95 year history:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ahy3tk8DSse8&refer=us

Estimates of 500,000 - 900,000 homes without power so far.

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Heading Out on September 1, 2008 - 11:27pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

There was a news report that some of the power stations themselves may have suffered damage, but no further details.

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Gail the Actuary on September 1, 2008 - 8:04pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The SPR piece is interesting. It shows maps and Google Earth images of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The same link also has a write-up about it.

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The Dude on September 1, 2008 - 8:25pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Speaking of the SPR: O&G Journal: Gustav idles 12% of US refining capacity

Nineteen of the 22 major gas pipelines serving the gulf had declared force majeure, idling operations an all offshore segments of their systems.

The Sabine Pipeline gas system declared force majeure because of mandatory evacuations in Vermilion Parish, location of all of its receipt and delivery points and of the Henry Hub interconnection, the delivery point for gas-futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Also closed were the Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities at Bayou Choctaw and West Hackberry, La., and at Big Hill, Tex. The Bryan Mound, Tex., SPR facility remained in operation.

The DOE office noted that 28 major gas processing plants lie in the path of the storm and were shutting down because of mandatory evacuations in Louisiana and shut-down of gathering lines.

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