Two major petroleum companies have evacuated offshore operations in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico with the approach of Tropical Storm Don. The storm is expected to make landfall Friday in southeastern Texas. Royal Dutch Shell says it planned to have 195 workers evacuated from its Perdido Spar deepwater development by the end of today. The company says it has shut down production but did not provide figures on how much would be closed off. ExxonMobil says it is evacuating an undisclosed number of nonessential workers from its offshore operations in the region. ExxonMobil says its production shutdown would total about 8,000 barrels of oil per day, along with 50 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. For more information on Don’s path, visit the National Hurricane Center website here.
Some production closed off in gulf as Don nears
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