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U.S. offshore oil workers flee as storm Zeta heads toward Gulf of Mexico rigs- oil and gas 360

U.S. offshore oil workers flee as storm Zeta heads toward Gulf of Mexico rigs

Reuters HOUSTON – Oil producers on Monday were evacuating offshore production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th named storm of the season strengthened overnight and looked likely to threaten the United States as a hurricane. BP, BHP Group Ltd , Chevron Corp, Equinor and Royal Dutch Shell began withdrawing staff from their U.S. Gulf of Mexico

U.S. oil companies monitor Gulf of Mexico storm- oil and gas 360

U.S. oil companies monitor Gulf of Mexico storm

Reuters HOUSTON – U.S. oil companies are monitoring the first tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season to threaten the offshore oil patch in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico. Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L), BP Plc (BP.L), Chevron Corp (CVX.N), Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), Hess Corp (HES.N) and Murphy Oil (MUR.N) were taking precautions, but not evacuating workers

Exxon Mobil Staff Evacuation from Iraq ‘Unacceptable’: Oil Minister

60 foreign employees were reportedly evacuated from West Qurna 1 oilfield From Oil and Gas Middle East Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban has called the evacuation of Exxon Mobil staff from the nation “unacceptable and unjustified,” according to Reuters. He noted that it was politically motivated and not based on security concerns. “The withdrawal of multiple employees – despite their