Enterprise Sees Plant Curbing Gulf Oil, Gas Supply Down for Days
- At least two oil, gas platforms shut after plant explosion
- Outage may ‘significantly’ cut Gulf oil supply: analyst
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An Enterprise Products Partners LP plant that shut after an explosion late Monday, halting flows on a major natural gas pipeline and curbing oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to remain down for at least several days.
Federal investigators were scheduled to arrive at the Pascagoula, Mississippi, gas-processing plant on Wednesday as Enterprise officials met to discuss when operations may resume, company spokesman Rick Rainey said, without providing a more detailed timeline. At least two oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf have halted production and the Destin pipeline, a joint venture of BP Plc and Enbridge Inc. that sends gas to the plant from offshore platforms, was forced shut.