Hurricane Humberto Hits Texas With Winds of 85 Mph

…In Port Arthur, about 16 miles southeast of Beaumont, Total SA, Europe’s third-largest oil company, said its refinery lost all power at 4:33 a.m. Crews are assessing damage and working to restore power, Total’s Petro Chemicals USA Port Arthur plant said today in a report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Valero Energy Corp. closed its Port Arthur refinery because of Hurricane Humberto.

Port Arthur’s Total SA plant produces 240,000 barrels of oil a day, Valero Energy Corp.’s facility produces 325,000and Motiva Enterprises LLC plant produces 285,000 barrels a day. Motiva is a refining joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco.


The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the biggest U.S. oil import terminal, said operations were unaffected by Humberto.

“We’re keeping an eye on the storm, but as of now, all operations are a go,” said Barb Hestermann, business development and marketing representative at New Orleans-based Loop LLC, the port operator.

Bloomberg