Tropical Storm Beta Shuts Houston Ship Channel
21 Setembro 2020 - 11:01AM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
The Houston Ship Channel was shut and some offshore oil
production was halted as slow-moving Tropical Storm Beta churned in
the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to make landfall along the
central Texas coast Monday night.
Tropical Storm Beta isn't a particularly powerful or large
storm, with maximum sustained winds of around 50 mph, but its
slow-moving nature could cause flooding up and down the Texas
coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
The 50-mile-long Houston Ship Channel, a key waterway for the
oil and gas industry that serves as a conduit for ocean-going
tankers that import and export crude-oil and fuel, was shut to both
incoming and outgoing vessels, according to the Houston Pilots
group that helps navigate ships through the channel.
Offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been
curtailed several times in recent months due to previous hurricanes
and storms, is producing 10% less than normal as of Sunday,
according to the government's Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement. That percentage reduction is equivalent to about
179,000 barrels a day.
Royal Dutch Shell said late last week it had evacuated workers
from one of its production platforms in the western Gulf due to
Beta, and halted some production there as a safety precaution.
Further south along the Texas coast, the Port of Corpus Christi
said it began restricting inbound vessels due to Tropical Storm
Beta, and said it would continue to monitor the situation for any
potential changes in direction or strength.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 21, 2020 09:46 ET (13:46 GMT)
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