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US overseas oil industry reawakens after Francine shut-ins

U.S. Gulf of Mexico energy companies on Friday were lumbering back from typhoon interruptions as overseas oil and gas producers ramped up operations after halving the crucial energy region's output, ports resumed, and onshore terminals accepted oil and melted natural gas (LNG). tankers.

Hurricane Francine shut in up to 42% of the area's. offshore oil and 53% of its gas production. The storm. missed out on Texas and came ashore in Louisiana late on Tuesday,. causing flooding and power problems that affected onshore. terminals and ports that stood up to 100 mph (161 kph) winds.

The port of New Orleans, a crucial farming and. metals export port, and the deepwater Louisiana Offshore Oil. Port (LOOP) were back in service without constraints on Friday,. the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

Refineries that account for 20% of U.S. Gulf Coast motor. fuel production were going back to typical operations after some. curbed output as the typhoon travelled through Louisiana.

2 LNG vessels were at the Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana,. anchorage waiting to load, part of a group of a minimum of a lots. LNG tankers waiting outside Gulf Coast LNG terminals as. navigation channels resumed.

SHELL RAMPING UP

Shell on Friday was ramping up oil production at. 5 offshore platforms while 4 others stayed offline due. to pipeline interruptions. Chevron returned personnel to 3. offshore platforms on Thursday and was restarting operations.

Exxon Mobil, which operates the Hoover overseas oil. platform, did not respond to ask for comment. It belongs to. the 153-mile (246-km) Hoover Offshore Oil Pipeline System that. serves multiple oil fields closed during the storm.

Texas and Louisiana ports, including Texas City and Lake. Charles, that resumed previously this week were on Friday. servicing tankers, according to vessel tracking information by LSEG.

Post-tropical Francine has actually been moving northwest to the. Mississippi River since Thursday night, hitting parts of the. Mississippi Delta, Alabama, western Georgia and the Florida. panhandle with heavy rains, the U.S. National Cyclone. Center stated.

The danger of flooding is anticipated to continue across the. Tennessee Valley through Saturday.

Hong Kong-flagged fuel tanker SC Draco, Marshall. Islands-flagged Owl 1 and Singapore-flagged Solar Claire and. Hafnia Tiger were docked on Friday at terminals operated by. Citgo Petroleum and Westlake Chemical in. Lake Charles on Friday, according to LSEG ship tracking information.

Lake Charles, Texas City and other U.S. Gulf ports service. many refiners in the area for receiving crude imports and. handling fuel exports.

On The Other Hand, French-flagged LNG Endeavour was arriving at the. Cameron LNG terminal in Louisiana on Friday to load.

(source: Reuters)