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Early good news on the condition of refineries?

Reuters: Emergency officials said Texas refineries appeared to have escaped major flooding and a Reuters witness on Saturday found no visible signs of flooding or significant damage at eight refineries around Houston and Texas City -- a sign production could rebound quickly once power is restored.

Reuters: About 25 percent of U.S. crude oil production is shut down after back-to-back hurricanes churned through the Gulf of Mexico this month, triggering the biggest disruption to nationwide energy supplies in at least three years. (Reporting by Chris Baltimore; Editing by Bill Trott)

HOUSTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department will send 309,000 barrels of crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to two refineries that are running short of supply due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the department said on Sunday.