Offshore oil workers hover as storm Zeta heads in direction of Gulf of Mexico platforms
HOUSTON - Oil producers on Monday were evacuating offshore production platforms within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th named storm of the season reinforced in a single day and is expected to became a hurricane.
BP and Chevron Corp mentioned they were withdrawing workers from U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore providers and products and monitoring Tropical Storm Zeta's note.
The storm may per chance presumably per chance attain hurricane strength sooner than inserting the Yucatan Peninsula at mid-day Monday, and technique the northern Gulf Flit on Wednesday at or halt to hurricane strength, the U.S. Nationwide Hurricane Heart mentioned.
Zeta used to be about 175 miles (285 km) south of Cozumel, Mexico, on Monday morning and transferring northwest a...