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Gustav: Shell, BP and Exxon ready to close Gulf of Mexico rigs

Shell and BP evacuated staff from rigs, while ExxonMobil and other operators activated contingency plans to cease operations on offshore facilities that account for a quarter of US crude oil production and 15% of natural gas output.

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Gulf storm shuts US oil and gas production

Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips led the majors in evacuating personnel and ceasing production.

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Oil Producers Prepare for Storm in the Gulf

BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell and Transocean, a large drilling contractor, have begun evacuating hundreds of workers from rigs and production platforms in deep waters of the Gulf.

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Few companies are watching Gustav more closely than Royal Dutch Shell

Few companies are watching Gustav more closely than Royal Dutch Shell. About 80 percent of Shell’s U.S. oil and natural-gas production comes from the Gulf of Mexico, where it’s the top oil producer.

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Shell expects to shut all Gulf output in 2 days

Shell flew 400 workers onshore Wednesday. The company has a staff of 1,300 workers in the Gulf. All workers are expected to be onshore by Saturday.

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Shell Evacuates Workers From Gulf on Storm Threat (Update1)

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, said it has evacuated about 400 workers from its oil and natural-gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico because of Tropical Storm Gustav.

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Hurricane alert puts New Orleans on evacuation footing

Evacuations from New Orleans may start tomorrow. The oil company Shell has begun ferrying workers off its rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Oil price surges again as Gustav sends Gulf workers packing

Speculation was also growing yesterday about progress on another “cold war” front – the long-running dispute between four Russian oligarchs and BP over the future structure and control of the TNK-BP joint venture in Russia.

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Oil rises above $118 as Gustav spins toward Gulf

Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it has begun evacuating some 300 workers from offshore rigs as a precaution. “It looks like it could be a big one…

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Oil rises above $117 on supply worries

Royal Dutch Shell, the largest oil and natural gas producer in the region, said it would begin evacuating non-essential personnel from offshore facilities on Wednesday if the storm’s forecast remains unchanged.

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