雪佛龙报告称，其在该地区运营的其他设施目前维持正常运营水平。Blind Faith 平台的产能为 65,000 桶/天，位于新奥尔良东南约 160 英里处。米尔顿飓风在周末增强，目前被列为五级飓风，最近又进行了升级。预计本周晚些时候，它将在穿过墨西哥湾部分地区后抵达佛罗里达州西海岸。

根据美国国家飓风中心东部时间上午 11 点的预报，米尔顿的最大持续风速为每小时 160 英里，位于墨西哥普罗格雷索以西约 130 英里处。预计风暴将穿过墨西哥尤卡坦半岛北部的坎佩切浅滩近海地区，国有 Pemex 最大的石油和天然气生产业务就位于该地区，然后穿过墨西哥湾东部，接近佛罗里达半岛西海岸。

该公司在一份声明中表示：“雪佛龙已将 Blind Faith 平台的所有人员调离，并暂时停止运营，为飓风米尔顿做准备。”“雪佛龙在墨西哥湾运营的其他资产的生产仍照常进行。”雪佛龙表示，它将在其陆上设施遵守风暴防备协议，并密切监测系统的预报和轨迹。

最近几周，美国墨西哥湾的生产商已关闭部分平台和生产设施，以防该地区出现其他热带风暴和飓风。由于飓风弗朗辛在路易斯安那州登陆，壳牌于 9 月初停止了 Perdido、Auger 和 Enchilada/Salsa 资产的生产。雪佛龙、壳牌和 Equinor 在收到飓风海伦的警告后开始从海上设施撤离员工。美国石油公司在抗风暴基础设施方面投入了大量资金，但应对频繁出现的极端天气仍然具有挑战性。除了撤离员工外，他们还必须确保海上设施能够抵御强风、巨浪和可能的洪水。

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Chevron reported that its other operated facilities in the region are currently maintaining normal levels of operation. The Blind Faith platform, which has a production capacity of 65 000 bpd, is approximately 160 miles south-east of New Orleans. Milton strengthened over the weekend and is now classified as a category five hurricane, having recently been upgraded. It is expected to reach the west coast of Florida later this week after passing through parts of the Gulf of Mexico.

With maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, Milton was located around 130 miles west of Progreso, Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Centre's 11am ET advisory. The storm is forecasted to traverse the Campeche Bank offshore region north of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, where state-owned Pemex's largest oil and natural gas production operations are situated, before moving across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and approaching the west coast of the Florida Peninsula.

“Chevron has relocated all personnel from our Blind Faith platform and has temporarily halted operations in preparation for Hurricane Milton,” the company said in a statement. “Production at our other Chevron-operated Gulf of Mexico assets is continuing as usual.” Chevron has indicated that it will adhere to storm preparedness protocols at its onshore facilities and?closely monitor the system's forecast and trajectory.

In recent weeks, producers in the US Gulf of Mexico have shut down certain platforms and production in anticipation of other tropical storms and hurricanes in the area. Shell ceased production at the Perdido, Auger and Enchilada/Salsa assets in early September due to Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana. Chevron, Shell and Equinor began evacuating staff from offshore facilities after receiving warnings about Hurricane Helene. US oil companies have heavily invested in storm-resistant infrastructure, but coping with frequent extreme weather remains challenging. In addition to evacuating staff, they must ensure offshore facilities can withstand strong winds, intense waves and possible flooding.

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