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HOUSTON, Sept 14 — Energy producers and communities along the US Gulf Coast organised evacuations of residents and offshore workers yesterday as they prepared for the second hurricane strike in less than a month. Royal Dutch Shell Plc began shutting some of its offshore drilling operations...

Monday, 14 Sep 2020 06:59 AM MYT

Royal Dutch Shell Plc began shutting some of its offshore drilling operations yesterday in preparation for Tropical Storm Sally, forecast to become a hurricane before making landfall on Tuesday, the company said. Independent refiner Phillips 66 was monitoring the storm yesterday, the company said. Its 255,600 barrel-per-day refinery is close to the forecast path of Sally across southeast Louisiana.

Chevron Corp and Murphy Oil Corp on Saturday began evacuations from offshore production platforms, spokespeople said. Chevron's Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery was implementing storm preparedness procedures, the company said.

 

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