Chevron halts production in the Gulf of Mexico as tropical storm approaches.

Chevron has suspended oil production at its Petronius platform in the Gulf of Mexico due to the approach of Tropical Depression Two, the company said in a statement released Monday (20). As a preventive measure, all personnel at the facility were removed from the platform and transferred to land. The company also began evacuating non-essential workers from the Tubular Bells and Blind Faith platforms. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Tropical Depression Two was moving slowly through the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to intensify, becoming a tropical storm later on Monday. In the most recent update, the system was located about 193 km south of Panama City, with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h. Despite the preventive measures, Chevron reported that its other facilities in the Gulf of Mexico continue to operate normally.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.