UPDATE 1-BP, Shell evacuating some staff from U.S. Gulf on storm threat
(Adds comment from Shell)
HOUSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell said on Friday they have started securing facilities and evacuating non-essential personnel from their drilling rigs and platforms in U.S. Gulf of Mexico as a precaution against a storm threat.
All other producers in the area said they were still monitoring the weather and had not evacuated anybody.
The National Hurricane Center said a disturbance near Cuba has a 20 percent chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours. (Reporting by Terry Wade and Liz Hampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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