Oil firms start U.S. Gulf evacuations due to weather

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc on Wednesday became the first major oil producer to say it was evacuating some workers from Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms because of a tropical disturbance that could become a named storm this week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17dcb64b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Oil+firms+start+U.S.+Gulf+evacuations+due+to+weather&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fuk-storm-gulf-bp-idUKTRE77U7B820110831%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Oil+firms+start+U.S.+Gulf+evacuations+due+to+weather&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fuk-storm-gulf-bp-idUKTRE77U7B820110831%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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