The 440,000 b/d CITGO Lake Charles refinery and the 273,000 Phillips 66 Westlake refinery, along with the already mentioned 137,000 b/d Calcasieu refinery were not as lucky as the other refineries that were in Laura’s projected path. Two of the four plants, ExxonMobil Port Arthur and Motiva Port Arthur, had restarted most processing unites before the end of the long Labor Day weekend. Refineries there were in various stages of restart less than a week after landfall, with only utility constraints holding back refineries there getting back to planned output rates. The Beaumont-Port Arthur area of Texas was largely spared from the worst of Hurricane Laura. capacity shut down ahead of Hurricane Laura. According to the OPIS Refinery Maintenance Report, there was roughly 14% of total U.S. The larger chunk of the downed capacity was in the Beaumont, Port-Arthur area, with the country’s largest refinery, Motiva’s Port Arthur (607,000 b/d) shutting down ahead of the storm. Lake Charles accounted for about 850,000 b/d of that off-line capacity though it should be noted that the 137,000 b/d Calcasieu refinery had been idled earlier in the summer due to weak demand and low margins. Precautionary shutdowns at refineries in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas area ahead of the Laura’s arrival brought down some an estimated 2.65 million b/d of refining capacity in the region. Most recently Hurricane Laura barreled toward the Louisiana-Texas border in late August bringing with it something that has not happened since 2017 with Hurricane Harvey … With 19-25 named storms, 2020 has the potential to be a repeat of 2012 when there were 19 named storms. This Atlantic Hurricane season has been one of the most active on record and there is still another two months or so before the season officially comes to a close. Though not confirmed by Chevron, marekt source tell OPIS that Chevron has shut the 375,200 b/d Pascagoula refinery, while the terminal was shut on Monday September 14th. As of 2 PM ET on September 15th, OPIS has confirmed that Phillips 66 has shutdown its 269,140 b/d Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. The next day, Brundidge said a wind blew a garage door closed, trapping a generator's carbon monoxide fumes inside.*Editor’s Note: Hurricane Sally is expected to make landfall late tonight or Wednesday along the Mississippi-Alabama coast. They checked on their loved ones in a Lake Charles home. "This is never something you think will happen to you," relative Sheletta Brundidge said.īrundidge and her family were relieved immediately after Laura rolled through. SEE ALSO: Lake Charles family begins cleanup from Hurricane Laura, but first, breakfast HOUSTON, Texas - The destruction from Hurricane Laura will likely take years to clean up, and though recovery efforts are underway, some families are only starting to mourn those lost in the storm's aftermath.Ī family with roots in Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana, has the unimaginable task of grieving five family members who were killed after the hurricane passed through. A family with roots in Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana has the unimaginable task of grieving five family members who were killed after the hurricane passed through.
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