17 Gulf Oil Platforms Evacuated Under Approach of Hurricane Rafael
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Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) 11:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, 17 Gulf of Mexico platforms have been evacuated, or nearly 5% of the 371 platforms in the region. “Personnel have been evacuated from one non-dynamically positioned (DP) rig, equivalent to 16.6% of the six rigs of this type currently operating in the Gulf. Rigs can include several types of offshore drilling facilities including jackup rigs, platform rigs, all submersibles, and moored semisubmersibles,”…
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