As Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approached the US Gulf coast, producers shut about 1.46 mln b/d of crude — roughly 72% of regional output. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said personnel were evacuated from 129 offshore platforms and two mobile drilling rigs were moved out of the storm path as of 1200 EDT Friday. BP shut Thunder Horse and Na Kika and removed non‑essential staff from three additional platforms. The outages pushed Gulf differentials wider: Mars crude traded about $3/bbl ove

As Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approached the US Gulf coast, producers shut about 1.46 mln b/d of crude — roughly 72% of regional output. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said personnel were evacuated from 129 offshore platforms and two mobile drilling rigs were moved out of the storm path as of 1200 EDT Friday. BP shut Thunder Horse and Na Kika and removed non‑essential staff from three additional platforms. The outages pushed Gulf differentials wider: Mars crude traded about $3/bbl over WTI and Thunder Horse crude carried a premium of more than $4/bbl for a second straight session.