Beefed-up oil facilities await Gustav
Petroleum firms’ repairs, fortifications at platforms, pipelines face storm
BY JOHN PORRETTO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A photo from November 2005 shows damage to Shell’s Mars platform and an attached oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina hit.
The Associated Press
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HOUSTON — Stronger moorings for production platforms. Deeper pipelines. Larger stockpiles of backup electricity, water and other supplies.
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This article was published August 30, 2008 at 5:04 a.m.
Business, Pages 33, 38 on 08/30/2008