FACTBOX-Gulf energy ops recover rapidly after Ida

(Updates throughout, MMS, Coast Guard)

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Restoration of most Gulf of Mexico oil and natural
gas operations was going smoothly as companies reported little or no damage
from storm Ida, which went ashore Tuesday in Alabama. Some restarts were
taking a bit longer than expected as seas, though calmer, remained rough
Wednesday.

The Gulf is the source of 25 percent of U.S. domestically produced oil
and 15 percent of natural gas. About 40 percent of U.S. refining capacity
is located on the Gulf Coast.

Except for brief spikes Monday as the storm moved through the Gulf,
energy markets shrugged off the event. Prices were soaring Wednesday on a
weaker dollar, analysts said. [O/N] [NGA/]

HEADLINES:
- The U.S. Minerals Management Service said Wednesday 401,120 barrels per
day (bpd) of oil output (30.86 percent) were still shut, down from
Tuesday's report of 560,199 bpd (43.09 percent) out. Total output pre-storm
was 1.3 million bpd.
- MMS also said 0.532 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas
output (7.6 percent) remained shut Wednesday, down from 1.957 bcfd (27.96
percent) Tuesday. Total output pre-storm was 7 Bcfd.[ID: nN11195255]
- Companies as of Wednesday had returned personnel to all but 17 (2.45
percent) of the 158 platforms (22.8 percent) of 694 manned production
platforms in the Gulf.
- Firms also had restaffed all but 4 (6.06 percent) of 10 of 66 drilling
rigs (15.2 percent) evacuated at the peak of precautions for Ida.
OIL:
- Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) said it planned to resume offloading
tankers by Thursday after initially predicting restart late Tuesday or
early Wednesday. [ID:nN11363920]
- Chevron Corp (CVX.N), another big producer, said it was returning
workers to offshore platforms and expected to continue "safe mobilization
efforts" this week at the shut Tahiti, Blind Faith and Petronius platforms.
[ID:nN10341464]
- Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC.N) said it hoped to resume production at
Constitution, Marco Polo and Neptune platforms by Thursday.
[ID:nN11366127]
- Transocean Ltd (RIG.N) said a semisubmersible drilling rig sustained
minor damage but was returning to normal operations.

NATURAL GAS:
- The Independence Hub, a major supplier of U.S. natural gas, resumed
partial production, at 250 million cubic feet per day Wednesday. said owner
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD.N). Enterprise's Viosca Knoll and West
Delta 68 platforms were also operating normally. [ID:nN11365893]
- El Paso Corp EP.N said it expected normal operations on Tennessee and
Southern gas lines by late Wednesday. [ID:nN11367544]
- Williams Cos (WMB.N) said its Mobile Bay natural gas processing plant
was ramping up processing Wednesday. [ID: nN11375521]

PORTS:
- The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it reopened the ports of Mobile,
Alabama, and Pascagoula, Mississippi, to most traffic. Port of Gulfport
also was open. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway was open across the Mississippi
coast through Mobile but remained closed east of Mobile. Ports of Pensacola
and Panama City remained closed to all traffic. [ID: nN11489542]
(Reporting by Erwin Seba, Bruce Nichols, Janet McGurty, Kristen Hays,
Edward McAllister, Eileen Moustakis, Scott Disavino, Eileen O'Grady,
Anna Driver and Joshua Schneyer))