There have been nearly 300,000 power outages in Texas in the last 24 hours and nearly 20% of oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is shut in due to Hurricane Harvey.
The US Department of Energy released the statistics as the situation continues to cause serious concerns.
President Donald Trump was on his way to the flood-stricken state last night to get an update on the situation.
Rain lashed the area at the tail end of the tropical storm, turning freeways into rivers and flooding homes and businesses.
As of Monday evening 19% of oil production and 18% of natural gas production in Gulf of Mexico was shut-in.
, 19% of oil production and 18% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico was shut-in.
Six refineries in the Corpus Christi area and four refineries in the Houston/Galveston area are shut down.
Three refineries in the Houston/Galveston region area and one refinery in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area were operating at reduced rates.
Retail gas station outages have been reported in the impacted region; however, overall stocks of gasoline and distillate in the region are at or above the top-end of the five-year range.
Utility firms are expecting power outages to last several days as repairs cannot begin until weather conditions are safe for workers.
Both Texas and neighboring state Louisiana have declared state emergencies due to Harvey.
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