As of Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm

Shut-in Status

Date	Shut-in Oil (bbl/d)	% of Total Federal GOM	Shut-in Gas (mmcf/d)	% of Total Federal GOM
10/19/2005	973,084	61.7%	5,242	51.9%
10/18/2005	982,011	62.3%	5,346	52.9%
10/17/2005	996,291	63.2%	5,498	54.4%
10/14/2005	1,008,909	64.0%	5,647	55.9%
10/13/2005	1,031,261	65.4%	5,700	56.4%
10/12/2005	1,046,462	66.4%	5,919	58.6%
10/11/2005	1,062,530	67.4%	6,042	59.8%
10/7/2005	1,162,913	73.8%	6,441	63.8%
10/6/2005	1,202,364	76.3%	6,628	65.6%
10/5/2005	1,299,928	82.5%	6,895	68.3%
10/4/2005	1,349,617	85.6%	7,170	71.0%

source: Minerals Management Service


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Petroleum
Refinery shutdowns in the Gulf of Mexico region total approximately 1.27 million bbl/d as of October 19, 2005. Please consult the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability's Situation Report for specific information on the refineries.

According to EIA's latest Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the week ending October 14, 2005 (released today), U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 5.6 million barrels from the previous week. At 312.0 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories remain above the upper end of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories rose by 2.9 million barrels last week, putting them just above the lower end of the average range. Distillate fuel inventories fell by 1.9 million barrels last week, and are in the lower half of the average range for this time of year. Inventories fell for both low-sulfur (diesel fuel) distillate fuel and high-sulfur (heating oil) distillate fuel. Total commercial petroleum inventories jumped by 6.3 million barrels last week, and remain in the upper half of the average range for this time of year.

Natural Gas
As of October 19, the Louisiana Office of Conservation has received reports indicating 805 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of onshore and offshore (in State waters only) natural gas production has been restored, which is 36 percent of total production before the hurricanes. Overall, 2,782 oil and gas wells, or 46.8 percent of the wells in the region, reportedly remain shut-in. However, the Office has not received information on approximately 25.7 percent of the oil and gas wells in the region. The daily gas production capacity of the 38 parish region is estimated to be approximately 2,235 MMcf/d, based on the average production reported to the Office for the period January 2005 to May 2005.

Sixteen processing plants in Louisiana and Texas, with capacities equal to or greater than 100 million cubic feet per day, are not active. These plants have an aggregate capacity of 9.71 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), and they had a total pre-hurricane flow volume of 5.45 Bcf/d. A number of non-operating plants with a total capacity of 1.35 Bcf/d are operational, but are not active owing to upstream or downstream infrastructure problems or supplies being unavailable. These plants had flowed 0.54 Bcf/d before the hurricanes. A number of the inactive plants are expected to be operating within 4 weeks. Based on updated data, available capacity at that time would be 2.23 Bcf/d with pre-hurricane flow of 1.08 Bcf/d. Based on updated company information, pre-hurricane flow volumes indicate that the average utilization of the non-operating plants was roughly 56 percent.