MarketWatch | Factbox: Utilities, oil producers brace for Hurricane Michael along US Gulf S&P Global Platts Houston — With Hurricane Michael expected to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, offshore oil and gas producers were busy evacuating crews and shutting in production Monday. By mid-day, nearly 20% of Gulf of ... Oil and natural-gas operators evacuate some Gulf of Mexico platforms as Hurricane Michael approaches BP shutting production of oil rigs in Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Michael Oil firms pull staff from offshore platforms ahead of hurricane |