Shell evacuating non-essential workers from US Gulf offshore assets
06/10/2026 23:22
Shell evacuating non-essential workers from US Gulf offshore assets HOUSTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Shell Plc SHEL.L began evacuating non-essential workers from its Stones, Mars, Olympus, Ursa, Vito and Appomattox offshore production assets in the US-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, the company said in a statement posted online.
The US National Hurricane Center forecast a developing storm off the coast of Mexico to become a hurricane by Thursday that will cross offshore production areas before making landfall in either Louisiana or Mississippi.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Chris Reese)
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