Rita shuts 2.2M bpd gasoline output-EIA

Total amount of refinery capacity shut down amounts to nearly 5 million barrels per day.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The amount of U.S. petroleum product production offline due to refineries shut down because of approaching Hurricane Rita totals about 2.2 million barrels per day for gasoline and 1.2 million bpd for distillate fuel, according to the Energy Information Administration.

About 600,000 bpd jet fuel output is also offline, the EIA said.
“In addition to the four refineries that remain shut down following Hurricane Katrina, another 15 refineries have shut down in preparation for Hurricane Rita,” the Energy Department’s analytical arm said in its latest hurricane update.

“The total amount of refinery capacity shut down amounts to nearly 5 million barrels per day,” the agency said.

Reuters