Operators shut in nearly 60% of US Gulf output ahead of Hurricane Ida

More than 15% of the manned platforms in the US Gulf have been evacuated ahead of storm

Dangerous storm: Satellite imagery from 27 August shows Hurricane Ida as it approaches the central Gulf of Mexico. It could be a category 3 storm by the time it makes landfall, likely in Louisiana.
Dangerous storm: Satellite imagery from 27 August shows Hurricane Ida as it approaches the central Gulf of Mexico. It could be a category 3 storm by the time it makes landfall, likely in Louisiana.Photo: AFP
Published 27 August 2021, 19:51Updated 27 August 2021, 19:51