Beefed-up oil facilities await Gustav

Petroleum firms' repairs, fortifications at platforms, pipelines face storm

By BY JOHN PORRETTO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by 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.

ADVERSTISMENT

HOUSTON - Stronger moorings for production platforms. Deeper pipelines. Larger stockpiles of backup electricity, water and other supplies.

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