HOUSTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Thursdayit was evacuating some workers from its oil and gas platforms inthe Gulf of Mexico as a low-pressure system threatened tostrengthen into a cyclone, the company said.
BP said workers not essential to oil and gas production werebeing evacuated as some forecasts suggested the weather systemcould cross the central Gulf, where BP operates four platforms.Those include Thunder Horse, the largest platform in the world,which can produce up to 250,000 barrels per day of oil and 200million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
The company also said it had temporarily haltedBP-contracted drilling rigs to prepare for the storm ifnecessary.
(Reporting By Kristen Hays)
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