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style="font-weight: 400;">Aside from the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey, the storm has also had an impact on the energy market. This event provides a great example of why energy buyers should be thoughtful about their energy strategy and how to best protect their business from market volatility that's&nbsp;weather related.</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Few states have as much direct impact on the energy sector as Texas. Despite all the disruptions and damage that Harvey caused, the energy sector has remained resilient overall. While many groups expect little impact to operations in the long run, Harvey has demonstrated that various energy sectors are subject to the impact of a storm. Production, traditional load demand and new LNG export facilities can all be affected by extreme weather conditions. &nbsp;</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Let&rsquo;s take a closer look at how the energy sector is responding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey:</span></p><p><span
class="header3">Crude jumps as refinery production stalls</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">The Gulf Coast is home to 40% of the refinery capacity in the U.S. According to WSJ &amp; CNBC reports, Hurricane Harvey has disrupted between </span><a
href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/05/oil-surges-as-refineries-restart-after-harvey-irma-is-trouble-for-gas.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">20 and 25%</a><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> of the entire nation&rsquo;s refining capacity. </span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Texas refineries were still about 3 million barrels below their daily average early the week of Sept. 4</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">. This is due to shut-in oil production in Texas and outages from flooding that have caused reduced operations. &nbsp;</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Daily Events report (as of Sept. 18</span>):</p><ul><li><strong>3 Gulf Coast refineries remain shut down</strong></li><li><strong>5 are in the process of restarting</strong></li><li><strong>6 are operating at reduced rates &nbsp;</strong></li></ul><p><span
class="header3">Impact to gasoline prices</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">This disruption to refineries has had a major impact on U.S. gasoline prices. The biggest impact has been due to delivery disruptions. Deliveries from the Colonial pipeline, which carries gas from the Gulf Coast across the Southeast and up to the Northeast, was shut down for a period of time. It has since restarted operations. The </span>Southeast<span
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class="header3">Natural gas production stabilizes to pre-Harvey levels</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Both onshore and offshore natural gas production in Texas was impacted by Harvey. Production across the Lower 48 also declined from 73 Bcf/d to 71 Bcf/d as a result of the hurricane. Crews were able to return to platforms in the Gulf of Mexico this week while </span><a
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style="font-weight: 400;">onshore producers</span></a><span
style="font-weight: 400;"> reported that they expect little impact on their operations in the long run. </span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">Notably, the nation&rsquo;s only operating LNG export facility, Sabine Pass, which is located across from Port Arthur, TX, was not directly impacted by Harvey. Sabine Pass had to significantly reduce operations around Aug. &nbsp;31</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;due to ships being restricted from entering the intercostal waterway due to "unprecedented currents on the Neches River" after Harvey. As a result, it was over two weeks since a ship had arrived at Sabine Pass. The first arrival in the aftermath of Harvey was on September 6</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">. &nbsp;Storage tanks at Sabine Pass were so full that gas had to be turned away throughout the week. &nbsp;With four of the current five approved LNG export facilities under construction located in the Gulf Coast, future storms could significantly impact export demand. Current demand at Sabine Pass was 2 Bcf/d but if total Gulf Coast demand is ~7-8 Bcf/d by 2019, future storms could have a greater impact. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">The impacts on production as Sabine Pass can be seen in the tables below:</span></p><div
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class="header3">Power outages met with strong response from utilities</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">At the height of the storm, flooding and high winds resulted in over </span><a
href="http://www.elp.com/articles/2017/08/ercot-power-utilities-respond-to-tropical-storm-harvey.html"><span
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style="font-weight: 400;">. ERCOT reported that load dropped approximately 15,000-20,000 MW from Aug 25</span><span
style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;to Aug. 29.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span
style="font-weight: 400;">This is down from a seasonal normal of 65,000 to 43,000MW. This reduced gas-fired generation demand. Fortunately, infrastructure for local utilities was largely unharmed and energy </span><span
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style="font-weight: 400;">Texas is the greatest producer of wind energy in the country, but only </span><a
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style="font-weight: 400;"> of capacity were located in coastal areas that were in the path of Hurricane Harvey. At the onset of the storm, wind facilities were running exceptionally well, hitting 95% capacity. However, once conditions worsened, farms were shut down as wind speeds exceeded safety limits.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em><span
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