Oil firms start U.S. Gulf evacuations due to weather

[cory777]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - BP Plc on Wednesday became the first major oil producer to say it was evacuating some workers from Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms because of a tropical disturbance that could become a named storm this week.

Later on Wednesday, Anadarko Petroleum Corp joined BP saying it has evacuated non-essential workers from three platforms in the Gulf.

Royal Dutch Shell also was preparing to evacuate some workers and expected to decide whether to move forward with that during the day, spokeswoman Kelly op de Weegh said.

Shell was monitoring the system over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the eastern Gulf. The National Hurricane Center said the weather formation had a 30 percent chance of becoming a cyclone in the next two days.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/us-storm-gulf-bp-idUSTRE77U7AR20110831

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[AtheistCrusader]

1. And what of the new big-assed slick over the Macondo Prospect?

Is this going to interfere with figuring out where the new or renewed leak is coming from?

[deadinsider]

2. I was thinking the same thing...

You know, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they say that the storm caused the slick after-the-fact.