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Energy companies shut output, evacuate non-essential personnel in Gulf of Mexico as cyclone risk develops

U.S. overseas oil producers were taking initial steps ahead of a storm anticipated to become a. hurricane in the middle of the week, evacuating nonessential. staff from Gulf of Mexico production platforms.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that the capacity. tropical cyclone system Nine near the western suggestion of Cuba was. anticipated to turn into a cyclone on Wednesday as it moves. throughout the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

It might likewise turn into a significant cyclone when it reaches. the northeastern Gulf Coast on Thursday, including the Florida. Panhandle and parts of the Florida west coast, with risk of. dangerous storm surge and destructive hurricane-force. winds.

Storm path attribution: LSEG

Chevron stated it was starting evacuations of. non-essential personnel from certain Gulf of Mexico facilities.

On the other hand, Shell stated on Sunday it would shut. production at its Stones and Appomattox centers in the Gulf. of Mexico as a preventive measure, along with leaving. non-essential staff from its properties in the Mars Passage.

Both companies stated that these decisions had not yet. affected their production.

The next name on the list of named storms is Helene, and. according to personal weather condition forecaster AccuWeather, it could. make landfall as a Classification 3 cyclone and potentially. strengthen into a Category 4.

(source: Reuters)