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Industry News - Headlines Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

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Industry News - Hurricane Katrina & Rita HeadlinesOctober 2005

Anadarko resumes production after Hurricane Rita
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has resumed production from areas disrupted by Hurricane Rita, and provided estimated volume impacts ...

Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation updates Hurricane damage
Due to the flooding of its Metairie, Louisiana offices Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation has temporarily relocated its offices ...

Carrizo Oil & Gas updates operations after Hurricanes
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. announced that it experienced moderate disruption to its third quarter production due to wells shut-in from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ...

Cheniere Energy provides update on Hurricane Rita impact
Cheniere Energy, Inc. will begin remobilizing construction activities on its Sabine Pass construction site on October 10, 2005 ...

Chevron unveils new Hurricane Relief Program
Chevron & Texaco Hurricane Area Recovery Effort (CARE) Provides Forgiveness of Unamortized Incentive Repayment Obligations, Gas Discounts and Sign Assistance to Customers in Hardest Hit Areas of the Gulf Coast ...

Chevron updates activities in Gulf Region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Chevron Corporation has successfully and safely initiated the startup procedures for its refinery at Pascagoula, MS ...

Delta Petroleum provides new update on impact of Hurricane Rita
Delta Petroleum Corporation has announced that most of the wells that were shut in as a result of Hurricane Rita have been returned to production ...

Delta Petroleum provides update on impact of Hurricane Rita
Delta Petroleum Corporation has announced that most of the wells that were shut in as a result of Hurricane Rita have been returned to production ...

Devon Energy provides production ipdate following Hurricanes
Devon Energy Corporation has restored approximately 50,000 equivalent barrels of oil (Boe) per day of offshore oil and gas production that was suspended ...

Dominion E&P relocates scattered New Orleans employees to Houston
Less than two weeks after Katrina made Louisiana landfall on August 29, Dominion Exploration and Production relocated 350 of its New Orleans employees ...

Dominion reports partial resumption of Gulf of Mexico natural gas and oil production
Dominion has announced that its Gulf of Mexico and South Louisiana production has reached approximately 130 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day ...

Enbridge reports impact to operations affected by Hurricane Rita
Enbridge Inc. and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. have provided an update on the status of operations in the U.S. Gulf Coast region affected by Hurricane Rita ...

Enterprise provides update on assets affected by Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has completed the assessment of its major assets on the U.S. Gulf Coast and offshore Gulf of Mexico affected by Hurricane Rita ...

EPL provides update on production
Energy Partners, Ltd. has provided additional detail on its current production levels and its expectations for restoring production to capacity ...

Forest Oil releases preliminary assessment of the impact of Hurricane Rita
Forest Oil Corporation has released its preliminary assessment of the effect of Hurricane Rita on its Gulf Coast operation ...

Goodrich Petroleum restores South Louisiana production
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation has restored approximately two-thirds (66%) of its production from several of its South Louisiana fields ...

Grace creates Hurricane Rita relief fund
W. R. Grace & Co. has established a foundation to assist Grace employees affected by Hurricane Rita ...

Gulfport Energy updates effect of Hurricane Rita
Gulfport Energy Corporation, has updated the effect of Hurricane Rita ...

Kerr-McGee ramps up Gulf of Mexico production
Kerr-McGee Corp. has increased its net production in the Gulf of Mexico to approximately 95,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day ...

Lyondell Gulf Coast facilities resume operations
Lyondell Chemical Company has announced that all of its Texas Gulf Coast ethylene, propylene oxide (PO) and refining facilities have safely resumed operations ...

Mariner Energy updates impact of Hurricane Rita
Mariner Energy, Inc. has provided a further assessment of the impact of Hurricane Rita ...

MarkWest Energy Partners updates effect of Hurricane Rita
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. has reported that operations at facilities in East Texas and the Appleby gathering systems have returned to normal conditions ...

McMoRan Exploration updates Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast exploration and development
McMoRan Exploration Co has updated its Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast exploration and production activities following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita ...

Noble Corporation updates status of offshore units following Hurricane Rita
Noble Corporation has reported current status information on its offshore drilling units in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Rita ...

Noble Energy reports impact of Hurricane Rita
Noble Energy, Inc. has provided an update on the current status of the company's operations in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Offshore Logistics provides update after recent Hurricanes
Offshore Logistics, Inc. has reported that its helicopter fleet operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico did not sustain any damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita ...

Oil and Gas Industry finds a safe harbor in Morgan City, Louisiana
Amidst the devastation wrought on the oil and gas industry by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, Morgan City has provided a safe harbor to business and government leaders as they begin to pick up the pieces ...

Powder River assesses Hurricane damage
Powder River Basin Gas Corp. has completed its assessment of the damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ...

Rowan updates fleet status after Hurricane Rita
Rowan Companies, Inc. has announced that it is taking steps to accelerate the replacement of lost revenues in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita ...

Sunoco Logistics Partners resumes operations at Nederland, Texas Crude Oil Terminal
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. has begun moving crude oil shipments out of its Nederland, TX terminal on two key pipelines ...

Swift Energy resumes production at certain fields after Hurricane Rita
Swift Energy Company has restored production at its Lake Washington Field in Louisiana to approximately 80% of pre-Katrina levels ...

TETRA Technologies updates impact from Rita and Katrina
TETRA Technologies, Inc. has updated the impact from Hurricanes Rita and Katrina on its operations ...

W&T Offshore provides operations update and impact from Hurricane Rita
W&T Offshore, Inc. has announced an initial assessment of the impact of Hurricane Rita on its operations in the Gulf of Mexico ...

September 2005

BP Texas City site issues call for all employees to return to work
The BP Texas City site, including refinery and chemicals operations, issued a call to all employees to return immediately to work ...

Burlington Resources announces production impact due to Hurricane Rita
Burlington Resources Inc. has announced that approximately 140 million net cubic feet per day of natural gas equivalent production is currently shut-in ...

Cal Dive International update following Hurricane Rita
Cal Dive International, Inc. has announced an update following the passage of Hurricane Rita ...

Callon Petroleum reports impact of Hurricane Rita
Callon Petroleum Company has reported the effect of Hurricane Rita upon its principle production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Clayton Williams Energy updates guidance for effects of Hurricane Katrina
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. has updated its financial guidance for the effects of Hurricane Katrina on its Louisiana oil and gas production ...

Crimson Exploration announces effects of Hurricane Rita
Crimson Exploration Inc. has announced that preliminary assessments of physical damage from Hurricane Rita on its south Louisiana and Texas gulf coast properties appears to be minimal ...

Devon Energy resuming offshore operations
Devon Energy Corporation has reported that it has restored a portion of the offshore oil and natural gas production that it had suspended ...

Diamond Offshore reports on status of rigs following Hurricane Rita
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. has reported that the drilling rigs Ocean Saratoga and Ocean Star broke free from their moorings as Hurricane Rita passed ...

ENSCO reports on preliminary inspection of its Gulf of Mexico rig fleet
ENSCO International Incorporated has completed aerial inspections of its Gulf of Mexico rig fleet following Hurricane Rita ...

Enterprise Reports No Major Damage From Hurricane Rita
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has announced that its major assets on the U.S. Gulf Coast and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico did not sustain material damage ...

EPL provides post-Hurricane Rita operational update
Energy Partners, Ltd. has issued an operational update on its damage assessment and recovery in the wake of Hurricane Rita ...

GlobalSantaFe finds missing jackup rigs off Louisiana Coast
lobalSantaFe Corporation has located its two missing jackup rigs in shallow waters off the Louisiana coast, approximately 80 miles from their drilling sites ...

GlobalSantaFe reports two jackup rigs missing after Hurricane Rita
GlobalSantaFe Corporation has eported that two of its offshore oil and gas drilling rigs could not be found on their drilling locations ...

Grey Wolf gives preliminary damage assessment
Grey Wolf, Inc. has announced the preliminary assessment of damage incurred during Hurricane Rita ...

Gulfport Energy announces effect of Hurricane Rita
Gulfport Energy Corporation has announced the effects of Hurricane Rita on its operations ...

Houston Exploration announces Hurricane Rita's preliminary production impact
The Houston Exploration Company has announced that all fields have now been visually inspected and the damage appears to be minimal ...

Huntsman reports no serious structural damage in wake of Hurricane Rita
Huntsman Corporation has announced that none of its manufacturing facilities sustained serious structural damage from Hurricane Rita ...

Lone Star Technologies provides operations update Following Hurricane Rita
Lone Star Technologies, Inc. has announced that it resumed normal operations at its largest manufacturing facility, Lone Star Steel Company in Lone Star, Texas and its Bellville Tube Company plant in Bellville, Texas on Monday, September 26, 2005 following a two-day shutdown ...

Lyondell Gulf Coast facilities restarting following Hurricane Rita
Lyondell Chemical Company has announced that its Texas Gulf Coast facilities are in the process of resuming operations that were shut down as a result of Hurricane Rita ...

Metretek Technologies updates guidance due to combined effects of Hurricanes
Metretek Technologies, Inc. is revising guidance for 2005 due to the combined effects on its Southern Flow subsidiary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ...

MMS provides Hurricane Rita evacuation and production shut-in statistics report
The Minerals Management Services has updated the evacuation and production shut-in statistics in preparation for Hurricane Rita ...

MMS releases shut-in statistics
The Minerals Management Service has just released statistics of evacuations and shut-in production from Hurricane Rita ...

Murphy Oil releases status of deepwater production facilities
Murphy Oil Corporation has announced that minimal damage has been sustained as a result of Hurricane Rita to the Company's operated producing facilities ...

Nabors' Hurricane Rita preliminary damage assessment
Nabors Industries Ltd. has announced the results of its preliminary assessment of damage incurred during Hurricane Rita ...

Nexen provides initial damage report from Hurricane Rita
Nexen Inc. has announced that initial inspections of our Gulf of Mexico production facilities have revealed mostly minor damage ...

Parker Drilling reports no material damage to rigs following Hurricane Rita
Parker Drilling Company has accounted for all rigs located along the coastal waters of Louisiana following Hurricane Rita ...

Pioneer announces minimal impact from Hurricane Rita
Pioneer Natural Resources Company has announced that its Canyon Express and Falcon Corridor gas production facilities in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico resumed operations ...

Rowan reports on condition of offshore fleet following Hurricane Rita
Rowan Companies, Inc. has announced its jack-up rigs Rowan-Odessa and Rowan-Halifax were not at their pre-storm locations ...

Shell deliveries top 4.3 Million gallons, 60 percent of Shell stations with fuel
Shell Oil Products US and Motiva Enterprises LLC are reporting that 60 percent of Shell-branded stations in the Houston area have gasoline ...

St. Mary announces production impact of Hurricane Rita
St. Mary Land & Exploration Company has announced that as a result of Hurricane Rita, all of its Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico properties were shut-in ...

Swift Energy assesses Hurricane Rita effects
Swift Energy Company has announced that its Toledo Bend Area was shut-in on Friday, September 23, 2005, during the approach of Hurricane Rita ...

Swift Energy updates operations following Hurricane Rita
Swift Energy Company has announced that initial physical assessments of its Lake Washington, Bay De Chene, Cote Blanche Island and Masters Creek Fields in Louisiana and its Brookeland Field in Texas that were affected by Hurricane Rita show minimal damage ...

Tandem provides Hurricane Rita update
Tandem Energy Holdings Inc. announced that two fields located in southeast Texas were shut-in ahead of Hurricane Rita last week ...

TEPPCO Partners returns service to systems affected by Hurricane Rita
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. has reported that assessments of the company's Gulf Coast area facilities show minimal impact from Hurricane Rita ...

Tidewater reports no damage or service interruptions resulting from Hurricane Rita
Tidewater has not experienced any injuries to its personnel, or any damage or interruption of service to any of its vessels ...

Transocean provides update on Gulf of Mexico fleet status following Hurricane Rita
Transocean Inc. has reported that its moored semisubmersible rig Transocean Marianas was forced off its drilling location during Hurricane Rita ...

Trico Marine Services reports on vessels following Hurricane Rita
Trico Marine Services, Inc. has located all vessels and none have sustained any significant damage from the impact of Hurricane Rita ...

Whittier Energy suffers no long-term damage from Hurricanes
Whittier Energy Corporation has announced that none of its major oil and gas fields suffered any significant physical damage from either Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita ...

Williams provides update on Gulf Coast operations
Williams has provided an update on its onshore and offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico area ...

XTO Energy expects minimal effect on production from Hurricane Rita
XTO Energy has announced that its field operations and production were substantially unaffected by the hurricane-related weather ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
 


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