Former Plantation pipeline may suffer from power outage

A storm-related power outage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, may lead to a slowdown on Kinder Morgan's 700,000 b/d Products (SE) Pipe Line system — formerly known as Plantation — later today or tomorrow.

Kinder Morgan said the mainlines of the system were in operation and moving product this morning, but its Baton Rouge terminal was without power following Hurricane Ida, possibly affecting future operations.

The company was in the process of determining the extent of damage to its assets in the Baton Rouge area this morning.

The pipeline moves refined products from Louisiana to Virginia.

Hurricane Ida came ashore yesterday as a category 4 hurricane in south-central Louisiana bringing 150mph (240km/h) winds along with storm surge and heavy rainfall. Areas west of the storm's center, like Baton Rouge, were spared the worst of the storm, but much of the state is without power with major transmission lines knocked down.

By Jason Metko