"This is not like anything we have ever seen before," said Bruce Jefferis, chief executive of Aon Energy, a risk consulting practice. It is too soon to gauge the full extent of Harvey's damage to the region's energy infrastructure, he said. "We just simply don't know yet the damage all this rain will have on Houston's energy infrastructure," said Andrew Lipow, president of energy consultancy Lipow Oil Associates LLC. Texas refineries could be offline for up to a month if their storm-drainage pumps become submerged, he said. Royal Dutch Shell Plc also halted operations at its 325,700-bpd Deer Park, Texas, refinery.

Source: New York Times August 27, 2017 23:37 UTC