HOUSTON: Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to grow into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Onshore energy facilities and export ports began securing operations. Royal Dutch Shell Plc was preparing three refineries in Convent, Geismar and Norco, Louisiana, for Delta's arrival. Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the sole deep water port on the Gulf of Mexico, halted seaborne exports and imports. Delta is expected to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast on the weekend as the 10th named storm to make a U.S. landfall this year, eclipsing a record that has held since 1916.After weakening over the Yucatan, Delta is expected to restrengthen and grow into a massive storm. The"significant increase in the size of Delta's wind field while it is over the Gulf of Mexico" will drive a broad storm surge and wind threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the NHC said.
Delta's evacuations are at least sixth time that some companies have had to remove staff and curtail production since June.
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