BP Restarts Offshore Oil And Gas Platforms After Hurricane Ian

BP has restarted production at its offshore Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after redeploying previously evacuated staff, BP PLC said on Thursday. BP halted production on the two platforms on Monday ahead of Hurricane Ian that made landfall in Florida on Wednesday. Chevron had also evacuated personnel and shut its production at its Petronius and Blind Faith platforms in the Gulf ahead of the storm. As of Thursday, 11 total Gulf of Mexico platforms had been evacuated, representing 2.11% of the total GOM capacity, according…