Hurricane Beryl has minimal impact on US Gulf oil, gas operations

Hurricane Beryl had minimal effects on the US Gulf Coast oil and gas industry. Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery advised the City of Texas City, Texas, that it had to flare due to a brief power disruption during the storm, but no other issues have been reported.

Phillips 66 said that it was closely monitoring Hurricane Beryl but had seen no impacts. It’s refinery in Sweeny, Tex., lay most directly in the storm’s path out of all the potentially affected plants. ExxonMobil made operational adjustments in preparation for the storm and expects minimal impact to production. It did shut in production from the Hoover platform and evacuated personnel in advance of Beryl.

Chevron reported that throughout the storm, production from its Gulf of Mexico assets remained at normal levels. The company redeployed the nonessential personnel from some of its offshore platforms and followed storm preparedness procedures at its onshore sites.

Shell evacuated all personnel from the offshore Perdido field and completed production shut in. It also evacuated all personnel from the Whale field, still under development and paused some of its drilling operations elsewhere in the Gulf.

After conducting preliminary assessments of its facilities, power, and systems, the Port of Houston said its terminal will remain closed July 9, 2024.