Four oil refineries in Louisiana have initiated the restart process since Saturday after Hurricane Ida knocked out most of the state's oil processing, while five have yet to resume operations.
·HOUSTON - Damage to oil production facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico kept output largely halted on Sunday, a week after Hurricane Ida made landfall, according to offshore regulator the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement .
A total of 104 oil and gas platforms and five rigs remain evacuated on Sunday, down from the 288 originally evacuated. The lower Mississippi River and New Orleans ports were reopened to traffic and cargo operations, the Coast Guard said on Saturday, allowing the resumption of grain, metal and energy shipments.Four oil refineries in Louisiana have initiated restart processes after Hurricane Ida knocked out most of the state's oil processing. Five others have yet to resume operations, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Sunday.
Marathon Petroleum Corp on Friday said its 578,000 barrel-per-day Garyville, Louisiana, refinery, the state's largest, was in the initial stages of restarting.Full restoration of normal refinery output will take two to three weeks for refineries in the region, an analyst estimated. Utility provider Entergy Corp on Saturday said some of the New Orleans refinery locations may be without power until Sept. 29.
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