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本周早些时候，飓风贝丽尔 (Beryl) 登陆美国德克萨斯州墨西哥湾沿岸，在此之前，德克萨斯州的一些港口被迫关闭，炼油厂也减少了产量。此后，该州的能源公司于周二开始恢复运营。

周一早些时候，贝里尔飓风 在德克萨斯州登陆，带来了暴雨，并发出了可能出现风暴潮、洪水和龙卷风的警告。贝里尔飓风登陆时，强度为 1 级飓风。贝里尔飓风曾是有史以来最早的 5 级飓风。

飓风贝里尔登陆前夕，  周日流向德克萨斯州自由港液化天然气出口工厂的天然气流量降至接近零。

 周一，飓风袭击休斯顿，导致200 万德克萨斯州居民 断电。

电力供应商 CenterPoint Energy 表示 ，飓风 Beryl“对我们的服务区域造成了强烈打击”，但该公司预计到 7 月 10 日星期三当天结束之前将恢复 100 万受影响客户的供电。

美国墨西哥湾沿岸的一些港口负责处理美国石油和液化天然气出口，在风暴来袭前，这些港口已预防性关闭。科珀斯克里斯蒂港周一表示，在影响评估显示没有重大影响后，该港将于 周二恢复 正常运营。科珀斯克里斯蒂港航道已于周一下午开放。

然而，休斯顿港 周一表示 ，在对其设施、电力和系统进行初步评估后，休斯顿港所有码头将于 7 月 9 日星期二关闭。港口当局将在周二继续评估和修复损坏情况，并将于今天下午 4 点（中部时间）之前发送最新消息，以了解周三运营是否出现进一步中断。

炼油商 Phillips 66 表示 ，飓风贝丽尔尚未对其运营造成影响。该公司 周一表示，其运营的路易斯安那州查尔斯湖和德克萨斯州斯威尼炼油厂均已恢复运营并恢复供电 。Citgo Petroleum 上周末暂时减少了其日产 16.5 万桶的科珀斯克里斯蒂炼油厂的燃油产量。

作者：Charles Kennedy，Oilprice.com

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Energy companies in Texas began restoring operations on Tuesday after some ports were shut and refineries reduced output ahead of hurricane Beryl, which made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast in Texas earlier this week.

Early on Monday, Beryl, which at one point was the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, made landfall in Texas, bringing heavy rains and warnings of potential storm surge, flooding, and tornadoes. At the time of the landfall, Beryl was a Category 1 hurricane.

Ahead of Hurricane Beryl’s landfall, natural gas flows to Freeport LNG’s export plant in Texas fell close to zero on Sunday.

Two million Texans were left without power on Monday as the hurricane reached Houston.

Power provider CenterPoint Energy said that hurricane Beryl “delivered a powerful blow across our service area,” but the company expects to restore 1 million impacted customers by the end of the day on Wednesday, July 10.

Some ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast, which handle U.S. oil and LNG exports, had preventively closed for traffic ahead of the storm. The Port of Corpus Christi said on Monday it would reopen on Tuesday for normal operations after impact assessments showed no significant impacts. The Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel was already open on Monday afternoon.

The Port of Houston, however, said on Monday that after conducting preliminary assessments of its facilities, power, and systems, all Port Houston terminals would remain closed on Tuesday, July 9. The port authorities will continue to assess and repair damage on Tuesday and will send an update by 4 PM CT today if there are any further disruptions to operations for Wednesday.

Refiner Phillips 66 has said that Hurricane Beryl hasn’t had impacts on its operations. The Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Sweeny, Texas, refineries operated by Phillips 66 are operating and have power, the refiner said on Monday. Citgo Petroleum temporarily reduced fuel output at its 165,000-bpd Corpus Christi refinery over the weekend.

By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com

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