BP working to redeploy personnel to two offshore oil platforms

(Reuters) – BP PLC said on Tuesday it would be redeploying offshore personnel to the Na Kika and Thunder Horse platforms after determining conditions were safe to return.

“BP has determined Hurricane Ian no longer poses a significant threat to our Gulf of Mexico assets,” it said.

BP, along with Chevron Corp, on Monday said they have shut-in production at offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, as powerful Hurricane Ian bore down on the top U.S. offshore production region.

(Reporting by Seher Dareen and Kavya Guduru in Bengaluru, Editing by Franklin Paul)