Hurricane Ike now looks as if it will miss the major energy infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), but most of the offshore installations, shuttered when Hurricane Gustav arrived, are expected to remain shut in until the latest storm passes. Meanwhile, forecasters were recommending that the Texas Gulf Coast prepare for Ike, which moved into the GOM Tuesday, moving west toward an expected landfall Friday or Saturday.
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DOE Tallies Lost Processing, Pipelines; Producers Add Lost Production
The first full report on pipelines and processing plants by the Department of Energy Tuesday showed that 21 gas processing plants in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi remain shuttered either for lack of power, gas supplies or damage to the facilities themselves. DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) also reported that 23 pipelines were damaged during Hurricane Rita and 21 during Hurricane Katrina.
October 5, 2005
FirstEnergy: Pressure Test at 935 MW Offline Nuke Meets Objectives
Marking another step in the long journey to get the shuttered 935 MW Davis Besse nuclear power plant back online, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC) officials last week said that a recent pressure test at the plant fully met all of its objectives, including validation of the integrity of the bottom of the plant’s reactor vessel and of the reactor coolant system.
October 20, 2003
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