Nearly 300 Gas and Oil Platforms Evacuated Ahead of Tropical Storms Marco, Laura
At a Glance Workers have been evacuated from at least 281 gas and oil platforms.Such evacuations are common before storms.Gas demand has dropped this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 300 offshore oil and gas drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated ahead of two tropical storms taking aim for the coastline between Texas and Mississippi. Workers have been taken off at least , the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said in a...