Venezuela - Does anyone know if they are ok? They shut down production, loading tankers, and port operation before the roll-over. Right now I can't think where to go to check this.

Ports- most large ports around the world shut down and would not accept any ships into them. Anyone know where we could check on these after they resumed operation?

Saudi Arabia, Arab Emirates - infrastructure, oil production, ports - Anyone have any information?

Oil Tankers - probably no place to check on this.

Refineries - they were "fix on failure" due to difficulty of locating systems that might fail. Any info on these?

Pipelines - Many pipelines in this country were shut down and will go back on line Monday.

Chemical Companies - many shut down, will go back on line Monday.

Railroads stopped for the roll-over with trains near stations. Any reports on them?

All of the above have to work to keep fuel in the line for electricity production.

Capers Jones has said that Monday will be a major test as all sectors begin to function again. At the moment I have electricity. Hopefully I will still have it 2-3 weeks from now.

-- Anonymous, January 01, 2000

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I have to say I'm quite surprised thus far. No reports of major refining problems, pipe problems etc. I think it's far to early to tell what's really going on out there. I've never been a big believer in trusting initial reports of ANYTHING. The sheer amount of perfect rollovers forces me to believe that we may be only seeing preliminary happy faced stuff. However, the fact that we have not seen any big bangs here in the US is a major positive! I am quite happy to see this and breathing big sighs of relief. I am hopeful that this will be the case. I am doubtful that this is possible. Certainly though TEOTWAKI has been largely avoided from a physical standpoint (i'm reserving judgement on economic and financial systems until they get in a full day). Also, my understanding of the problem includes the fact that we are not under FULL LOAD right now. It will be intersting to see it all come back up. Happy first day of 19100 to all! (this date screw up is all over the web today).

This was posted earlier to TB2K from Gordon Gekko a guy in the oil industry: This would seem on the face of it to be impossible. Statistically impossible that all of these chips performed correctly or were successfully remediated. I'm going to reserve judgement for a while here. It's important to remember that the major futures markets are doing exactly that until Tuesday. I'm with them. I find it troubling that we had not ONE major flub somewhere. That's not probable or credible. For spin purposes only: FOCUS-World energy flows trouble free after Y2K (Reuters) By William Maclean LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - From Australia to Alaska, world energy producers pumped smoothly away on Saturday with strategic oil and gas flows uninterrupted by the much- feared Y2K bug. Oil consuming nations breathed a sigh of relief after potential troublespots Iraq and Russia and key OPEC powers in the Gulf, Africa and Latin America passed an uneventful night. - Jan 01 8:17 AM EST

Y2K status report on Saudi Arabia at 1240 GMT (Reuters) (Updates with Saudi Aramco statement paragraph three) RIYADH, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Following is a rundown on how officials say Saudi Arabia has come through the millennium bug problems in the following critical areas: electricity, telecommunications, water distribution, aviation and banking. ENERGY: Shipping sources said OPEC member Saudi Arabia -- the world's largest oil producer and exporter -- did not experience any Y2K problems in its huge energy industry. - Jan 01 7:44 AM EST

UK N.Sea crude flowing normally, operators say (Reuters) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Oil and gas output from Britain's sector of the North Sea entered the new millennium smoothly with no Y2K bug problems reported, operators said on Saturday. Companies operating U. - Jan 01 7:43 AM EST

BP Amoco says global operations normal (Reuters) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Oil supermajor BP Amoco has moved smoothly into the new millennium without any Y2K bug related disruption, spokesmen for the company said on Saturday. The London-based Anglo-American conglomerate has seen no reports of any problems in its global internal Y2k reporting system, the spokesmen in Britain and the United told Reuters. - Jan 01 5:55 AM EST

Giant Gulf oil producers exterminate Y2K bug (Reuters) By Michael Georgy DUBAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - After months of preparation for possible Y2K mayhem in a strategic region that sits on nearly half of the world's oil reserves, giant Gulf producers appear to have squashed the dreaded millennium computer bug. Shipping and oil officials said on Saturday that it was business as usual in the Gulf, where wells were pumping crude for supply to the West and Asia after fears that the millennium bug could wreak havoc. - Jan 01 5:36 AM EST

No Y2K glitches for Nigerian oil production (Reuters) LAGOS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - All the multinational firms producing a total of about two million barrels of crude oil per day in Nigeria said on Saturday they had experienced no problems as a result of the millennium bug. Nigeria -- whose light, sweet crudes are important for U. - Jan 01 5:27 AM EST

Russia says avoids Y2K energy problems (Reuters) By Sebastian Alison MOSCOW, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Russia's energy sector, Europe's main gas supplier and one of its biggest sources of oil, successfully avoided all glitches from the millennium bug by Saturday morning. ``On the first day of 2000, all computers running the integrated gas supply system of Gazprom are working normally,'' gas monopoly Gazprom , the world's biggest gas company, said in a statement. - Jan 01 5:20 AM EST

Y2K status report on Qatar at 0950 GMT (Reuters) DOHA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Following is a rundown on how officials say Qatar has fared in dealing with the millennium bug in the following critical areas: energy, electricity, water distribution, telecommunications, aviation and banking. Energy: A shipping source said there have been no problems with OPEC member Qatar's oil exports. - Jan 01 5:11 AM EST

Lithuanian oil concern says no Y2K problems (Reuters) VILNIUS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Lithuania's Mazheikiu Nafta oil concern, which includes the Baltic states' only refinery, said on Saturday it entered the new year with no Y2K-related computer glitches. ``We have no problems. - Jan 01 5:11 AM EST

No Y2K problems reported at Greek oil refineries (Reuters) ATHENS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Greece's main oil refineries were operating normally after taking the New Year in their stride, an official with Hellenic Petroleum said on Saturday. ``We had no difficulties. - Jan 01 4:57 AM EST

UK refineries pass millennium bug test-officials (Reuters) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - British oil refineries have had no problems with the millennium bug and are working normally, spokesmen and officials at the units said on Saturday. The 317,000 barrel per day (bpd) Esso (NYSE: XOM - news ) Fawley refinery at Southamption in the south of England was operating as usually, an official said. - Jan 01 4:17 AM EST

Y2K status report on the UAE at 0830 GMT (Reuters) DUBAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Following is a rundown on how officials say the United Arab Emirates has come through the millennium bug problems in the following critical areas: energy, electricity, telecommunications, water distribution and aviation. Energy: Shipping sources said oil export terminals and ports in the UAE were running smoothly. - Jan 01 4:03 AM EST

Y2K status report on Iran at 0820 GMT (Reuters) (Updates with official's comments at 0820 GMT) TEHRAN, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Below is a breakdown on how Iran is faring on Saturday in dealing with the millennium bug in the key areas of oil, electricity, telecommunications, water and aviation. OIL: Mohammad Sepehri-Rad, spokesman of the state's Y2K headquarters, said the situation was normal after repeated checks with industry centres across Iran. - Jan 01 3:57 AM EST

Y2K status report for Kuwait at 0817 GMT (Reuters) KUWAIT, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Following is a rundown on how officials say Kuwait has come through the millennium bug problems in the following critical areas: energy, electricity, telecommunications, water distribution and aviation. Energy: The head of the Y2K team at Kuwait Petroleum Corp, Mishari al-Obaid, said there had been no problems at OPEC member Kuwait's oil production facilities and refineries. - Jan 01 3:31 AM EST

Y2K status report on Saudi Arabia at 0800 GMT (Reuters) (Updates) RIYADH, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Following is a rundown on how officials say Saudi Arabia has come through the millennium bug problems in the following critical areas: energy, electricity, telecommunications, water distribution, aviation and banking. ENERGY: Shipping sources said OPEC member Saudi Arabia -- the world's largest oil producer and exporter, did not experience any Y2K problems in its huge energy industry. - Jan 01 3:28 AM EST

U.S. Oil Officials See No Y2K Disruption (Reuters) Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said early Saturday there have been no oil supply, or energy-related disruptions after the Eastern and Central times zones passed into the Year 2000. - Jan 01 2:05 AM EST

U.S. oil officials see no Y2K disruptions (Reuters) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (Reuters) - Officials at the U. - Jan 01 1:53 AM EST

Venezuelan oil industry operations normal - gov't (Reuters) CARACAS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan oil industry was operating normally in the first hours of the New Year, the government said Saturday. Giuseppe del Grosso, executive director of the presidential commission Venezuela Action 2000, said state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela informed the commission that it encoutered no system failures 30 minutes after midnight. - Jan 01 1:43 AM EST

Shell says safe so far from Y2K bug (Reuters) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Energy multinational Royal Dutch/ Shell said on Saturday its worldwide oil and gas operations had so far entered the new millennium safe from the Y2k computer bug. ``So far the overall position looks clear,'' a company spokesman said. - Dec 31 10:01 PM EST

UK Enterprise oil firm says no Y2K problem (Reuters) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - U.K. - Dec 31 9:40 PM EST

Spain energy sector, gas pipeline pass Y2K (Reuters) MADRID, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Spain's oil, gas and nuclear sectors shifted into the new millennium with no technical problems, and gas supplies continued flowing undisrupted from Algeria's Maghreb-Europe pipeline, officials said on Saturday. Energy companies said their refineries and nuclear plants were unaffected by the millennium bug and were operating normally. - Dec 31 9:38 PM EST

Alert: LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - BP Amoco's two U.K. oil refineries are running normally and have experienced no problems with the millennium bug, spokesmen at the units said on Saturday. The 205,000 barrels per day (bpd) Grangemouth refinery and the 180,000 bpd Coryton unit came through the new year rollover smoothly, the spokesmen said. ((William Maclean London newsroom tel 44 171 542 7646 fax 44 171 542 4453 email london.energy.desk@reuters.com)) (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 9:15 PM EST

BP Amoco says NSea fields producing normally (Reuters) LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Anglo-American oil major BP Amoco said on Saturday all its North Sea crude production was unaffected by the Y2K computer bug. A company spokesperson said all fields operated by the company, including the Forties system, Britain's largest crude export stream, were working normally. - Dec 31 8:56 PM EST

INTERVIEW-World oil flowing smoothly so far-IEA (Reuters) By William Maclean LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The millennium bug has failed so far to damage oil and gas flows in Asia, the Middle East and Russia, boding well for world energy supplies, the West's energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency, said on Saturday. The smooth transition to the new year means the agency sees no need so far for the release of emergency stockpiles of oil, IEA deputy executive director William Ramsay told Reuters. - Dec 31 8:01 PM EST

Exxon-Mobil says Nigeria oil operations normal (Reuters) LAGOS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Exxon-Mobil Corp.'s (NYSE: XOM - news ) Nigerian oil- producing unit said on Saturday that operations were normal after the Y2K date change. - Dec 31 7:07 PM EST

Shell, Chevron say no Nigeria Y2K oil disruption (Reuters) ``Everything was successful. There was no problem at all,'' a senior Shell official told Reuters after reports from Bonny and Forcados export terminals. - Dec 31 6:51 PM EST

No Y2K Woes Seen for U.S. Oil Abroad (Reuters) As the world partied on Friday, sober U.S. oil company officials holed up in command centers received ''A-OK'' status reports citing no Y2K indicants at operations in time zones engulfed by the Year 2000 wave. - Dec 31 6:35 PM EST

Alert: Chevron Says No Y2K Problem for Nigeria Escravos Oil Exports (NYSE:CHV) (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 6:34 PM EST

Alert: Shell Says No Y2K Problems at Nigeria Bonny, Forcados Oil Terminals (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 6:32 PM EST

No Y2K incidents seen for U.S. oil majors abroad (Reuters) By Haitham Haddadin NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - As the world partied on Friday, sober U.S. - Dec 31 6:32 PM EST

IEA says no need for Y2K emergency oil supplies (Reuters) The agency holds the power to order its members, the world's major industrialised nations, to release strategic petroleum inventories at times of emergency. The IEA, the West's energy watchdog, has warned of oil supply shortages this winter if inventories fall much further and U. - Dec 31 6:11 PM EST

Energy Sec. Says No Y2K Oil Disruptions (Reuters) U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson on Friday said there have been no signs of oil supply disruptions caused by the Y2K computer rollover in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. - Dec 31 6:01 PM EST

Alert: Iea Says Sees No Disruption to World Oil Supplies So Far Due to Y2K (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 5:57 PM EST

Alert: Iea Says No Need So Far to Release Emergency Oil Supplies Due to Y2K (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 5:56 PM EST

Y2K status report on Iran (Reuters) TEHRAN, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Below is a breakdown on how Iran is said to be faring on Saturday in dealing with the millennium bug in the key areas of oil, electricity, telecommunications, water and aviation. Oil: Mohammad Sepehri-Rad, secretary of the state Y2K headquarters, said the situation was normal after a check with industry centres across Iran. - Dec 31 5:50 PM EST

U.S.'s Richardson says no Y2K oil disruptions yet (Reuters) WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - U.S. - Dec 31 5:44 PM EST

Kuwait's KPC says oil exports, refineries normal (Reuters) KUWAIT, Jan 1 (Reuters) - OPEC member Kuwait said on Saturday that its oil production facilities, export terminals and refineries were running smoothly after the new year. ``Everything is fine, oil production, exports and the refineries. - Dec 31 4:28 PM EST

Alert: Kuwait's Kpc Says Oil Production, Exports, Refineries Normal After New Year (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 4:19 PM EST

Dubai Ports Authority says oil exports normal (Reuters) DUBAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Dubai Ports Authority said on Saturday that oil export terminals in the emirate were working normally after the new year. ``Everything is fine. - Dec 31 3:25 PM EST

Alert: Dubai Port Authority Says Oil Export Terminals Working Normally After New Year (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 3:21 PM EST

No bugs for Australian oil refineries, producers (Reuters) SYDNEY, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Australia's four oil refiners said on Saturday the Y2K computer bug had not affected their operating systems and production was proceeding as normal. Esso Australia (NYSE: XOM - news ), the operator and half owner of the 200,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Bass Strait oilfields off the southeast coast of Australia, also said it was operating free of any Y2K problems. - Dec 31 11:43 AM EST

US major oils say no Y2K problems in Far East ops (Reuters) NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM - news ), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Friday it had no reports of problems related to the millennium bug in any of its operations, including its operations in the Far East where the year 2000 has already begun. - Dec 31 11:15 AM EST

Alert: Nz's Marsden Point Oil Refinery Operator Says Y2K Checks Successful, No Problems (Reuters) (This is a headline-only alert, although it will likely be followed by an article soon) - Dec 31 7:33 AM EST

-- Anonymous, January 01, 2000

Thanks, Jim, just what I wanted to know. Will monitor news next week and hope it stays this way.

-- Anonymous, January 01, 2000

It was reported (by Koskinen I believe) that reports of US port shutdowns are not true. The ports have refused entry to some ships with questionable Y2K certification.

Regards,

-- Anonymous, January 01, 2000

I have understood (perhaps incorrectly?) that most of the O&G Cos/pipelines have shut down or gone on minimal for the rollover.

If this is so, then the statement that "we have had no problems" would be somewhat mis-leading (of course there are no problems if nothing is *on*)...

Please correct if this is wrong information.

-- Anonymous, January 02, 2000

Birdlady, the ones I know for sure that shut down were Houston to Chicago, Houston to Oklahoma, and Houston to the eastern seaboard. Earlier on this forum I listed several foreign ports that were shutting down for a number of hours during the roll-over. Some were totally closing and others were only allowing ships of a certain size and/or only admitting those that could show proof of y2k readiness. I believe all Canals were imposing restrictions as well. News from all these installations will gradually filter out unless there is a major incident that would immediately come to the forefront. Let's see what happens Monday.

-- Anonymous, January 02, 2000