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Offshore players clear Gulf decks

Oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico launched full-scale evacuations of offshore production platforms and rigs today and began shutting in production as fears grew that a storm approaching the area would strengthen into a tropical depression.

Exit strategy: companies working in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuating workers from offshore rigs today
Exit strategy: companies working in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuating workers from offshore rigs today
  • Anthea Pitt
Published 20 September 2007, 14:48Updated 7 October 2016, 07:11
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