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Latest updates: Hurricane Francine

Sept. 13, 2024

bp continues to monitor weather conditions in Louisiana and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to protect our personnel and operations. We have the following final update to share on Hurricane Francine:

• All bp and Lightsource bp personnel in Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico are accounted for in the wake of Hurricane Francine.
• Francine did not have any significant impacts to bp’s offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Francine did not have any significant impacts to Lightsource bp’s solar assets in Louisiana.
• After determining conditions are safe to return, bp is restarting operations at its Castrol lubricants facility in Port Allen, La.
• After determining conditions are safe to return, bp reopened its Houma Operations Learning Center and Preservation & Maintenance Facility in Schriever, La.

bp's top priority is the safety of our people wherever we operate.

Sept. 11, 2024

bp is closely monitoring Hurricane Francine to protect our personnel and operations in Louisiana and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Before Francine made landfall Wednesday evening in southern Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane, we took the following steps to prepare:

• UPDATE: Lightsource bp evacuated personnel from the Oxbow Solar farm in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., as well as construction crews from the Prairie Ronde Solar project site in St. Landry Parish, La.
• UPDATE: bp temporarily shut down and evacuated personnel from its Castrol lubricants facility in Port Allen, La.
• bp evacuated personnel from its Houma Operations Learning Center and Preservation & Maintenance Facility in Schriever, La.

bp currently does not expect major impacts to its offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Safety is our top priority and we will continue to monitor weather conditions.

For general information about our tropical storm preparations, please visit our webpage: How bp tracks weather to keep its people and assets safe | News & Stories | bp America

Sept. 10, 2024

bp is closely monitoring Hurricane Francine to protect our personnel and operations in Louisiana and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. With forecasts indicating Francine will make landfall Wednesday in central Louisiana as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane, we have taken the following steps to prepare:

• bp has evacuated personnel from its Houma Operations Learning Center and Preservation & Maintenance Facility in Schriever, La.
• bp will temporarily shut down and evacuate personnel from its Castrol lubricants facility in Port Allen, La.

bp currently does not expect major impacts to its offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Safety is our top priority and we will continue to monitor weather conditions.

For general information about our tropical storm preparations, please visit our webpage: How bp tracks weather to keep its people and assets safe | News & Stories | bp America