Ike's supply toll rises as more closures reported

PennEnergy

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 14 -- Assessments of Hurricane Ike's blow to US oil supply climbed as new closure reports reached government agencies.

The center of the wide storm made landfall near Galveston, Tex., in the early morning of Sept. 13, knocking out electrical power in most of Houston and many surrounding communities. Damage was widespread from a combination of unusually strong storm surge, a very large wind field, and windspeeds just below Category 3 hurricane status.

The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability added two refineries to the closure list it issued before the hurricane came ashore (OGJ Online, Sept. 12, 2008).

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