Tropical Storm Bonnie – The U.S. government ordered the evacuation of ships and personnel who were working hard on oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the arrival of tropical storm Bonnie. Included in the point wells and offshore drilling rig that.
“Related to the risk that the fury of Tropical Storm Bonnie is going to come, salvation nearly 2000 staff and workers who are responsible for oil spills at BP locations, many ships and personnel prepared to leave the location that begins tonight,” said the leadership of disaster response, a retired Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen.
In a statement, Allen added, which includes the drilling rig were evacuated while a well next to the final would clog the wells. “Some ships may remain at the site, but we will be vigilant and careful in terms of safety when the storm comes.”
As a result of tropical storm Bonnie in the Bahamas is estimated to move toward energy installations in the Gulf of Mexico, oil prices rose sharply on Thursday due to bad weather forecasts that would disrupt production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Bonnie was expected to hit the northwest Gulf of Mexico, near where the BP is trying to clean up huge oil spill, before reaching the coast of Louisiana or Texas. Christopher Bellew of Bache Commodities in London said that the prospect of the storm has “turned the bow of the market,” after only recorded a slight increase on the previous trading session prior to the development of the latest storm reports.
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