Shell prepares to shut down production at some platforms and evacuate personnel in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico due to a potential new tropical storm.
Shell is preparing to shut in oil and gas production at two of its platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, days after resuming normal operations at other facilities in the area that were shut in ahead of Hurricane Francine . The supermajor said on Sunday that it is monitoring tropical Disturbance 35 for potential impacts on its assets and operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
At the Whale asset, which is not scheduled to begin operations until later this year, Shell has safely paused drilling operations. On September 11, when Francine reached the Louisiana coast, as much as 46% of manned production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated, with some 40% of crude oil production affected. Almost half of natural gas production in the GOM was shut in as well.
U.S. Gulf Of Mexico Tropical Storm Production Shutdown Evacuation Hurricane Francine Oil And Gas Platforms Personnel
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