- Crude oil prices are slightly lower, unaffected by disruptions caused by a tropical storm in the eastern Gulf of Mexico that is expected to hit Florida later this week and bypass the bulk of oil production near Louisiana and Texas.
- U.S. authorities said ~22%, or ~353 boe/day, of production in U.S. regulated areas of the Gulf had been shut as of late yesterday because of the storm threat.
- Personnel had been evacuated from nine production platforms out of 750 manned platforms in the Gulf; one rig evacuation was reported, and seven dynamically positioned rigs have moved off location.
- Operators that have pulled workers off platforms in the area include BP, Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A, RDS.B), Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE:APC), BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) and Hess (NYSE:HES).