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Oil Majors Evacuate Non-Essential Staff in Gulf

Rig Zone -- Chevron Corp. said Friday it has begun evacuating nonessential workers from its oil and gas operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Isaac moves toward the area.

Chevron didn't say from which offshore operations it had pulled employees. Production had not yet been affected, the company said.

The storm is currently south of Hispaniola in the Caribbean and is expected to reach the U.S Gulf of Mexico Monday.

Apache Evacuating Nonessential Staff From Eastern U.S. Gulf
Apache Corp. said Friday it has begun pulling nonessential staff from its oil and gas operations in the eastern side of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as Tropical Storm Isaac heads toward the area.

Apache spokesman John Roper called it "a precautionary measure.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc. is preparing to evacu

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DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,340 Points:1,240,400 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Aug 26, 2012 1:33:19 PM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse Hmmm, I wouldn't want to be essential staff then.
DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:7,059 Points:1,624,400 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 26, 2012 1:30:13 AM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse Could get ugly
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,059 Points:1,445,400 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 11:04:57 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse Martinman: The Rig Zone is "the Left"? Someone needs to stop sniffing the gasoline... LOL. There seems to be several here who have been busy worshiping and sniffing gasoline.
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:14,724 Points:2,090,905 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 2:51:32 PM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse The Rig Zone is "the Left"? Someone needs to stop sniffing the gasoline...
EMoe57 Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:4,602 Points:1,013,115 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 2:11:23 PM Ignore EMoe57 Report Abuse Batten down the hatches
A_NY_Outlaw Champion Author Albany Posts:1,360 Points:702,075 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 1:20:21 PM Ignore A_NY_Outlaw Report Abuse This is nothing more than an article posted by the Left to implement more scare tactics and hope for speculation so they can point to the fact that we need to explore more 'green' alternatives. This article should tell us the exact opposite- that oil companies are actually using precautions and making responsible decisions, except of the direct impact on our wallets.
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sljbc475 Champion Author Tucson Posts:4,200 Points:869,125 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 11:43:05 AM Ignore sljbc475 Report Abuse Keep the oil flowing until it is necessarily required to shut it down due to the hurricane.
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Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:14,724 Points:2,090,905 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 10:41:19 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse Well, we know it would never be about price manipulation... Why announce that your "planning" to do something, before you've actually made the decision ? I'm sure this had nothing to do about announcing "plans" before the commodity markets closed for the weekend. I mean, it's not like the Tropical Storm isn't forecast to even be that far north into the Gulf until Wednesday... "Apache Corp. said Friday it has begun pulling nonessential staff from its oil and gas operations in the eastern side of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as Tropical Storm Isaac heads toward the area. Apache spokesman John Roper called it "a precautionary measure." "BP said Friday it has begun evacuating all workers from its Thunder Horse platform in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and will suspend oil and natural gas production there. It is also evacuating non-essential workers from offshore facilities in the central Gulf." ----- Really? This is the eastern Gulf? Thunder Horse, 150m southeast of New Orleans (large black dot above the third "i" in Mississippi Canyon) If you look at this map of the oil platforms currently in the Gulf of Mexico, then compare it to the forecast track, you'll question why as well: Gulf of Mexico Oil Platforms I'm curious. Are they having the workers return to New Orleans via rowboat? [Edited by: Martinman at 8/25/2012 10:44:50 AM EST]
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Wizrd03 Champion Author Illinois Posts:8,137 Points:1,629,410 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 8:39:34 AM Ignore Wizrd03 Report Abuse Hate to be essential staff weathering the storm with 70 + MPH winds on deck but somebody has to watch the store and make sure things don't go wrong...
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