Following is the status of operations as of 6 p.m. CDT today for Shell and Motiva manufacturing facilities along the Gulf of Mexico:
Shell Deer Park Refinery and Chemical:
Shell Deer Park is continuing its health, safety and environmental assessments of the refinery and chemical plant. Maintenance required as a result of damage from Hurricane Ike is being prioritized to ensure a safe restart. Varying levels of basic utilities (steam, air, water, electricity) are in service. At this time, we are unable to predict when the refinery and plant will resume normal operations.
Motiva Port Arthur Refinery:
The Motiva Refinery is continuing its health, safety and environmental assessments of the refinery. There is no electricity available to the site from the local utility provider. It is too early to predict when the refinery will resume normal operations.
Motiva Norco Refinery:
The refinery is making products but is limited to about 60 percent capacity by dependent resources that were affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The refinery continues to adjust production up and down based on available resources.
Motiva Convent Refinery:
The refinery is not yet able to make finished gasoline and other products, but initialization of some units continues. When production begins, it will be constrained by availability of dependent resources that were affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The facility is able to blend some components and provide limited supply to the Motiva Convent truck rack.
Shell Chemical Norco Facility:
The facility is still in start up sequence. Production will be constrained by availability of dependent resources that were affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Shell Chemical Mobile Facility:
Operating normally and supplying product to customers.
Shell Chemical Geismar Plant:
The facility is still in start up sequence and is supplying product to customers from existing inventory. Production will be constrained by availability of dependent resources that were affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Valero Refinery (Manchester St.) Houston, Texas. Trying to find out if Non Essental employees are to Report to Work tomarrow.
Chris Slocumb