Meanings of nonessential workers in English

BP Plc said it was evacuating nonessential workers from oil and gas platforms.

BP Plc BP.L said it was also pulling nonessential workers from the Gulf.

Cantwell said nonessential workers have been evacuated from both rigs as a precaution.

Companies first fly nonessential workers from platforms and then remove workers who are essential to production.

Apache Corp, BP, Chevron Corp ConocoPhillips and Murphy Oil said they were pulling nonessential workers from production platforms.

Destin Pipeline Co LLC also said pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico operated by BP were evacuating nonessential workers.

It has evacuated nonessential workers from production platforms and drilling rigs in U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico oilfields.

The tropical storm has prompted producers in the Gulf of Mexico to begin another round of evacuations of nonessential workers.

The company said nonessential workers would begin returning to those platforms as the disorganized disturbance passes on shore, which is forecast for Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L, one of the top producers in the region, said it would begin evacuating nonessential workers from offshore rigs on Wednesday.