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U.S. Gulf Producers Shut Production, Evacuate Staff as Storm Nears

4-Traders.com -- --Production down as storms roil Gulf of Mexico

--BP, Chevron and others starting evacuations from platforms

--Most companies have not yet shut in production

(Updates with production shut-in data in first paragraph, new storm detail in second paragraph, adds Chevron to list of evacuating companies in third paragraph.)

HOUSTON--Oil and gas producers preparing for the likelihood of a tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have shut in 8% of total oil and gas production in the region, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said Saturday.

BHP Billiton and others have evacuated personnel from nine production platforms and one rig in the Gulf as an ill-defined group of storms makes its way north through the Gulf. The National Weather Service said the syste

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Submitted Jun 25, 2012 By: RENEGADEGAS

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mikerroy Champion Author Albuquerque Posts:2,696 Points:748,150 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2012 6:49:18 PM Ignore mikerroy Report Abuse The storm is over Florida and Georgia why would the oil compalies shut down their oil work in the gulf? Maybe to raise the falling price of gas?
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