September 23, 2024 08:50 GMT
ENERGY: Precautionary Output Halt At Two Shell Facilities on Possible GoM Storm
ENERGY
Shell plans for a precautionary shut in of production at its Stones and Appomattox facilities in the Gulf of Mexico due to a tropical disturbance, according to Reuters.
- "We are in the process of safely pausing some of our drilling operations, and currently have no other impact on our production across the Gulf of Mexico," Shell said on Sunday. Shell has also begun evacuating non-essential personnel from Mars Corridor assets.
- A tropical depression near the Gulf of Mexico has a 70% chance of formation in the next 48 hours
- “A tropical depression or storm is likely to form over the next couple of days as the system moves northward across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico where additional development is possible,” the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. “The system is forecast to move generally northward across the eastern Gulf of Mexico.”
Source: U.S. National Hurricane Center
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