As of Monday, September 26, 3:00 pm

Shut-in Status

Date	Shut-in Oil (bbl/d)	% of Total Federal GOM	Shut-in Gas (mmcf/d)	% of Total Federal GOM
9/26/2005	1,527,630	97.8%	7,843	75.4%
9/25/2005	1,501,863	96.2%	8,047	77.4%
9/24/2005	1,500,898	96.1%	7,488	72.0%
9/23/2005	1,486,877	95.2%	7,204	69.3%
9/22/2005	1,379,000	88.3%	6,595	63.4%
9/21/2005	1,097,357	70.2%	4,713	45.3%
9/20/2005	877,275	56.2%	3,482	33.5%

source: Minerals Management Service


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Petroleum
As Hurricane Rita approached, 16 refineries along the Gulf Coast shut down as a precautionary measure and to allow employees to evacuate. As of today, 13 remain shut while 3 refineries (Citgo in Lake Charles, Lyondell Citgo in Houston, and ConocoPhillips in Sweeney) have reported that they have already begun to restart. Three other refineries in the Houston area are expecting to restart soon, while other refineries have reported minimal damage and may also not be too far away from restarting. The refineries in the Port Arthur area, where the hurricane struck most directly, may take longer to restart. In addition to the 4 refineries that remain shut down following Hurricane Katrina, the total amount of refinery capacity shut down amounts to about 4 million barrels per day, once the refineries that are restarting are fully back on line, which may take a couple of days. This accounts for less than 2 million barrels per day of gasoline, about 1 million barrels per day of distillate fuel, and about 0.5 million barrels per day of jet fuel that is not be produced as long as these remaining refineries remain shut down.

Natural Gas
Over a dozen gas processing plants have confirmed that they are off-line owing either to flooding, lack of supplies, an inability to move stored liquids, or safety precautions. The processing plants known to be not operating have a combined capacity of more than 10 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), but this number does not reflect actual flows before Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) noted that refineries and fractionators along the Gulf Coast affected by the hurricane are discontinuing their operations, resulting in a lack of natural gas liquids take-away capacity. Thus, some natural gas gathering and processing facilities in west and central Texas, and southeast New Mexico are being shut-in.

Preliminary visual assessment of Trunkline LNG, in Lake Charles, La., indicates the facility's infrastructure appears to be intact. The terminal will remain shut down, however, pending further inspection. Trunkline LNG first suspended ship unloading and send-out at the LNG terminal on September 22.