Post by Israelite Resistance on Sept 19, 2005 17:15:28 GMT -5
Urgent Update: Oil Industry Bracing Again
We won't reveal our sources on this, but we have just received an email from a source within the Gulf of Mexico Oil Industry that you need to be aware of:
Planning evac for the eastern Gulf tomorrow……just thought I’d give you a heads-up. That means production shut-ins start tomorrow evening if the storm stays heading westward, and even more evac next day if it strengthens. This means gas will be running back up once again this week. Your readers ought to gas up while it’s cheap if they see the storm getting stronger and heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
If it goes where they show on the predictive model, it will be tearing through the edge of the OCS (outer continental shelf), which is where all the deepwater stuff is, and the northern side (strongest) will impact the fixed platforms across the entire Gulf. If it makes landfall in Texas, it will be going through the part of the Gulf where natural gas production is more prevalent than oil. This may impact the winter fuel costs, especially if we lose any of these platforms.
It all depends on how strong it gets, and with Houston temps scheduled for the upper nineties this week, it could get a lot stronger than they predict. Remember, their predictive model has a big basis in history, but with the climate changing, the model could easily be wrong in a body as shallow as the Gulf of Mexico. Shallow water tends to be warmer, right?
More on Tropical Storm Rita below. But as a plan ahead move, we might see gas up another 50 cents or so on this one if things go badly...
Next Killer 'Cane?
It's presently Tropical Storm Rita, but it is expected to turn into a hurricane in the near future and with all the activity on the sun, plus a shortage of rain and excessive heat in places like south Texas, we wouldn't be surprised to see Hurricane Rita form up to do major damage along it's intended route:
We won't reveal our sources on this, but we have just received an email from a source within the Gulf of Mexico Oil Industry that you need to be aware of:
Planning evac for the eastern Gulf tomorrow……just thought I’d give you a heads-up. That means production shut-ins start tomorrow evening if the storm stays heading westward, and even more evac next day if it strengthens. This means gas will be running back up once again this week. Your readers ought to gas up while it’s cheap if they see the storm getting stronger and heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
If it goes where they show on the predictive model, it will be tearing through the edge of the OCS (outer continental shelf), which is where all the deepwater stuff is, and the northern side (strongest) will impact the fixed platforms across the entire Gulf. If it makes landfall in Texas, it will be going through the part of the Gulf where natural gas production is more prevalent than oil. This may impact the winter fuel costs, especially if we lose any of these platforms.
It all depends on how strong it gets, and with Houston temps scheduled for the upper nineties this week, it could get a lot stronger than they predict. Remember, their predictive model has a big basis in history, but with the climate changing, the model could easily be wrong in a body as shallow as the Gulf of Mexico. Shallow water tends to be warmer, right?
More on Tropical Storm Rita below. But as a plan ahead move, we might see gas up another 50 cents or so on this one if things go badly...
Next Killer 'Cane?
It's presently Tropical Storm Rita, but it is expected to turn into a hurricane in the near future and with all the activity on the sun, plus a shortage of rain and excessive heat in places like south Texas, we wouldn't be surprised to see Hurricane Rita form up to do major damage along it's intended route: