BHP Billiton said it was shutting-in production
and evacuated staff at two platforms while BP shut in production at four platforms.
Santiago September 29 news, BHP Billiton's northern Chile Escondida copper production in the first half of this year
was 327,863 tons.
The world's largest producer of iron ore is the Brazilian mining corporation
Vale, followed by Anglo-Australian companies Rio Tinto Group and then BHP Billiton.
BHP Billiton, on the other hand, is exiting shale
oil(under pressure from Elliot Management, but an exit is an exit) and looking for quick-return projects.
BHP Billiton, BP, Equinor
and Exxon Mobil Corp were evacuating personnel from oil and gas platforms in the Gulf as forecasters predicted the storm would become a Category 3 hurricane.
Australia's energy market operator warned in March that Victoria, the country's biggest gas consuming state, could face shortages from mid-2021 due to
a rapid drop in supply from the the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, owned by ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton.