As of Tuesday, December 20, 5:00 pm

Shut-in Status

Date	Shut-in Oil (bbl/d)	% of Total Federal GOM	Shut-in Gas (mmcf/d)	% of Total Federal GOM
12/19/2005	414,495	26.3%	2,014	19.9%
12/16/2005	426,282	27.0%	2,228	22.1%
12/15/2005	426,282	27.0%	3,228	22.1%
12/12/2005	441,394	28.0%	2,312	22.9%
12/9/2005	447,425	28.4%	2,347	23.2%
12/8/2005	464,858	29.5%	2,442	24.2%
12/7/2005	476,035	30.2%	2,475	24.5%
12/6/2005	503,187	31.9%	2,650	26.2%
12/5/2005	509,270	32.3%	2,716	26.9%
12/2/2005	539,074	34.2%	2,943	29.1%
12/1/2005	547,074	34.7%	2,964	29.3%

source: Minerals Management Service; Energy Information Administration
note: Represents Federal offshore oil and natural gas production shut-ins.

Prices

NYMEX Futures Prices	12/20/2005	12/19/2005	change	Week Ago 11/13/2005	Year Ago 12/20/2004
WTI Crude Oil ($/Bbl)	57.98	57.34	+0.64	61.37	45.64
Gasoline (c/gal)	150.88	152.69	-1.81	164.59	115.22
Heating Oil (c/gal)	172.03	170.33	+1.70	183.65	139.88
Natural Gas ($/MMBtu)	14.08	14.04	+0.04	14.84	6.95

Petroleum
Refinery shutdowns in the Gulf of Mexico region totaled 367,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) as of December 15, 2005. Please consult the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability's Situation Report for specific information on the refineries.

On December 19, EIA released the weekly Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. The average weekly retail gasoline price increased to 221.1 cents per gallon (up 2.6 cents from the previous week). The average national weekly diesel fuel price increased 2.6 cents to 246.2 cents per gallon.

Natural Gas
The Louisiana Office of Conservation is addressing the operating status of producing wells in a thirty-eight (38) parish region for information. As of December 20, the Office has received reports indicating 1,598 million cubic feet a day (MMcf/d) of onshore and offshore (in State waters only) natural gas production has been restored, which is 71.5 percent of total production before the hurricanes. Overall, 2,186 oil and gas wells, or 36.7 percent of the wells in the region, reportedly remain shut-in. However, the Office has not received information on approximately 10.9 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.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita damaged a number of natural gas processing facilities on the Gulf Coast. The loss has and will continue to delay recovery of natural gas production in the area. Even if platforms and pipelines are either unaffected or readily restored to service, the gas often can't flow to market without treatment. In 2003 (the latest year with complete data), almost three-fourths of total U.S. marketed gas production was processed prior to delivery to market. A number of processing plants in Louisiana and Texas, with capacities equal to or greater than 100 MMcf/d, are not active. These plants have an aggregate capacity of 5.25 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), and they had a total pre-hurricane flow volume of 3.26 Bcf/d. A number of the inactive plants are expected to be operating by early January. Based on updated data, the incremental available capacity at that time would be 2.00 Bcf/d.