A friend texted me suggesting I gas up. I asked why, then

[raccoon]

Realized it must be because the hurricane May disrupt oil supplies coming from the Gulf. I would think there are refineries in the area as well.

[jimfields33]

1. Good idea for everyone east of lousiana

No harm in preparing just in case.

[niyad]

2. There was quite a discussion here last night about this very thing.

[raccoon]

3. Probably it was past my bedtime. Lol nt

[Make7]

4. Oil companies shut down 91% of Gulf production ahead of Hurricane Ida

Oil companies have temporarily shut down nearly 91 percent of crude production in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ida barrels toward the Louisiana coast, threatening the nation’s largest concentration of oil and gas facilities.

More than 1.6 million barrels per day of oil production has been halted in the Gulf, surpassing cuts seen during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to the Interior Department. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico produces 1.8 million barrels of oil per day, about 17 percent of the nation’s oil production and is second only to shale production in Texas.

Ida is expected to make landfall in Louisiana Sunday as the first major hurricane of the year to significantly impact the nation’s largest concentration of refineries, petrochemical plants and offshore platforms. The storm is expected to land as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of at least 130 miles per hour, causing storm surges, torrential downpours and widespread wind damage and power outages. Sunday is the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

"Hurricane Ida is expected to come ashore along the same path as other storms, which did extensive damage to U.S. Gulf Coast refining and petrochemical facilities,” S&P Global Platts Analytics said Saturday. “Many plants have been hardened against hurricanes, but disruptions in operations are still very likely due to flooding, power outages and personnel dislocations."

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Oil-companies-shut-down-nearly-91-percent-of-Gulf-16419033.php

[localroger]

5. The immediate problem is the two refineries

One in Chalmette and one in Norco, on either side of NOLA. The Chalmette refinery can flood taking it out of action for awhile, the interruption at Norco is likely to only be for a few days. In the longer term a bigger problem is that the storm is almost directly hitting Port Fourchon, a major supply link for the Gulf extraction industry and very vulnerable to storm surge. Disruptions there could take months to fix and would affect all drilling operations long after the hurricane is gone. We will know better within a couple of days how badly those facilities have been damaged (my company services many of them).