Shell to shut production at two oil facilities in Gulf of Mexico

Shell will shut production at its Stones and Appomattox facilities in the Gulf of Mexico

• precautionary measure in response to a tropical disturbance
• has begun evacuating non-essential personnel from its assets in the Mars Corridor

The latest from the U.S. National Hurricane Center is that they expect the system located near the Gulf of Mexico has a 50% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.