GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) -- Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina. The U.S....

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HOUSTON (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production Saturday as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav churned toward the petroleum-rich waters of the Gulf of Mexico. As of midday Saturday,...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil and natural gas companies shut down production across the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday to prepare for the worst hurricane to hit the U.S. oilpatch since 2005, as coastal refineries braced for possible...
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Visit: Author's Website Many of the energy companies located on the Gulf of Mexico have shut down in preparation for Hurricane Gustav. Three fourths of companies brace for the hurricane to hit the oil patches. According to the United States...