Oil and gas producers cut US Gulf of Mexico output ahead of storm
Rewrites to include Chevron, port of Freeport
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Oil and gas producers began shutting in U.S. Gulf of Mexico output and pulling workers off platforms on Tuesday ahead of a late hurricane season storm threatening offshore fields.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned of steady to rapid intensification over the next 24 to 36 hours, with Tropical Storm Rafael forecast to became a Category 1 hurricane by early Wednesday.
Producers could lose between 3.1 million and 4.9 million barrels of oil and 4.56 billion to 6.39 billion cubic feet of natural gas,researchers predicted.
U.S. oil futuresrose about 1% onTuesday to $72.10 per barrel on storm concerns.
Chevron CVX.N, which operates Gulf of Mexico production platforms Anchor, Blind Faith, Jack/St. Malo, Tahiti, Petronius, and Big Foot, said it was halting offshore production and evacuating personnel.
Norway's EquinorEQNR.OL also saidit has shut in production at its Titan oil platform and expected to complete a full evacuation by day's end.
BP BP.L said it has secured offshore facilities and removed some offshore oil production workers from its Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika, and Thunder Horse facilities.
Shell SHEL.L on Monday said it has paused drilling operations and began withdrawing some stafffrom its Appomattox, Vito, Mars andother production facilities in preparation for the storm's potential impact.
Occidental PetroleumOXY.N said it was monitoring the weather and had plans that it could implement as needed.
The port of Freeport in south Texas closed to inbound vessel traffic due to offshore conditions ahead of Rafael, according to a notice from a shipping agency.
Comparing Tropical Storm Rafael forecasts https://reut.rs/3NVUmNS
The path of Tropical Storm Rafael https://reut.rs/3YD66tB
Reporting by Sherin Elizabeth Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
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