Aug 21 (Reuters) - BHP BHP.AX said on Friday it planned to evacuate non-essential staff from two offshore facilities as a pair of tropical storms took aim at the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in a rare hurricane season event.
BHP said it would begin evacuating non-essential personnel from its Shenzi and Neptune offshore platforms on Saturday morning, completing the evacuations by Sunday morning.
Shell (LON:RDSa), BP (LON:BP) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) have all also announced plans to evacuate staff from offshore platforms as the two hurricanes could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in the coming days.