As of 10:30 a.m. Friday, ConocoPhillips had resumed normal operations at its 239,400-barrel-per-day (b/d) refinery in Westlake, La., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reported.

As of 1 p.m. Central time Friday, 10 refineries in Texas and Louisiana with a total operable capacity of 2.4 million b/d remained shut down as a result of Hurricane Ike. Based on DOE figures, operations at 20 refineries representing more than 4.9 million b/d of capacity have been affected by Ike. On Thursday, ExxonMobil reported that it had initiated restart procedures at its 567,000-b/d refinery in Baytown, Texas. To review, here is a list of refineries affected by Ike and the status of each:

Status of Refineries Affected by Hurricane Ike
as of 1 p.m. Friday, Sept 19th
Refinery Location Capacity Status
Lake Charles Region
Calcasieu Lake Charles, LA 78,000 b/d Reduced Output *
Citgo Lake Charles, LA 429,500 b/d Reduced Output *
ConocoPhillips Westlake, LA 239,400 b/d Normal Output
Port Arthur Region
ExxonMobil Beaumont, TX 348,500 b/d Shut Down *
Motiva Port Arthur, TX 285,000 b/d Shut Down *
Total Petrochem Port Arthur, TX 232,000 b/d Shut Down *
Valero (Premcor) Port Arthur, TX 289,000 b/d Shut Down *
Houston / Galveston Region
BP Texas City, TX 468,720 b/d Shut Down
ConocoPhillips Sweeny, TX 247,000 b/d Restarting
Shell Deer Park Deer Park, TX 329,800 b/d Restarting
ExxonMobil Baytown, TX 567,000 b/d Restarting
Houston Refining Houston, TX 270,600 b/d Shut Down
Marathon Texas City, TX 76,000 b/d Shut Down
Pasadena Refining Pasadena, TX 100,000 b/d Shut Down *
Valero Houston, TX 83,000 b/d Shut Down
Valero Texas City, TX 199,500 b/d Shut Down
Corpus Christi Region
Citgo Corpus Christi, TX 156,000 b/d Normal Output
Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi, TX 288,126 b/d Normal Output
Valero Corpus Christi, TX 142,000 b/d Normal Output
Valero Three Rivers, TX 93,000 b/d Reduced Output
* indicates refineries previously closed due to Gustav

Hurricane Gustav

As of Friday afternoon, six Lower Mississippi River refineries had returned to normal operating conditions. Three, including ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Refinery (the second-largest in the U.S.), were running at reduced rates. Only two--ConocoPhillips' Belle Chase and Motiva's Convent refineries--were still in the restart phase, and none were still shut down.

According to DOE figures, operations at Chevron's 330,000-b/d Pascagoula Refinery are back to normal. The agency did not provide information on Shell's Saraland, Ala., refinery near Mobile.

Below is a list of refineries affected by Gustav and the status of each.

Status of Refineries Affected by Hurricane Gustav
as of 1 p.m. Friday, Sept 19th
Refinery Location Capacity Status
Pascagoula / Mobile Region
Chevron Pascagoula, MS 330,000 b/d Normal Output
Shell Saraland, AL 86,000 b/d n/a
Lower Mississippi River Region
Alon (Valero) Krotz Springs, LA 80,000 b/d Reduced Output
Chalmette Refining Chalmette, LA 192,760 b/d Normal Output
ConocoPhillips Belle Chase, LA 247,000 b/d Restarting
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge, LA 503,000 b/d Reduced Output
Marathon Garyville, LA 256,000 b/d Normal Output
Motiva Norco, LA 236,400 b/d Normal Output
Motiva Convent, LA 235,000 b/d Restarting
Murphy Oil Meraux, LA 120,000 b/d Normal Output
Placid Refining Port Allen, LA 56,000 b/d Normal Output
Shell Saint Rose, LA 55,000 b/d Reduced Output
Valero Norco, LA 185,000 b/d Normal Output