Chevron begins removing non-essential staff from USG due to storm
New York (Platts)--9Jun2005
Chevron said Thursday it had begun to remove non-essential workers from its facilities in the eastern-central Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Arlene. Workers were being evacuated from production platforms and deepwater drillships in the area, a company spokesman told Platts, adding he did not immediately have an exact figure on the number of staff affected. No production was curtailed as yet. Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was about 165 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT). It is forecast to move through the east-central Gulf of Mexico by Saturday morning, possibly disrupting oil and gas production in the region.
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