Do tropical storms pose a risk to Gulf oil rigs, etc?

[RoseMead]

Cause AL01 is just off the Yucatán Peninsula and projected to move into the Gulf before crossing Florida and heading northeast. Only a depression now, but projected to become a tropical storm by tomorrow.

http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/

What's the likelihood of gas prices going up soon because of this?

[msongs]

1. oil companies need no justification to raise prices. tropical storms

can wreck oil rigs in certain ways. at the least, rigs have to be shut down and restarted when the storms hit.

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[RoseMead]

2. I know you're right about that!

"oil companies need no justification to raise prices."

Here's something else I wonder: not long ago there was a tropical storm on the other side of the Yucatan, in the Pacific. I don't know much about Pacific storms, Atlantic storms usually form off the west coast of Africa and then moved toward North America. Does the formation of these storms right off the North American coast indicate a change in that pattern? Or does this sort of thing actually happen more often than I think?

[madrchsod]

3. the oil rig companies are having a tough time

even accessing the damage from last year,finding enough machines and people to repair the lines,and not enough engineers to design storm proof rigs and lines. any further damage this year will be bad-very bad

[donsu]

5. yes, they haven't finished repairs on last yrs. storms which they said

moved the pipes under water and tossed them around like sticks

[halobeam]

6. I hear what you are saying, but I'm feeling a whole heck of a lot of

anger (all directed at the companies). With their record producing PROFIT....they couldn't provide incentive $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for people to do address these problems? VERY HARD to swallow this, any of it. Please let me know if I am missing some crucial information here that would change my position on this.

[pscot]

4. I saw a picture of a damaged rig recently

One of the legs had given away and the platform had slumped at about a 20 degree angle. (no link) The text said that the offshore drilling companies were spending a lot of money to improve evacuation methods; buying additional helicopters and rescue craft

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. While tropical storms pose no threat, gas prices go up for any excuse....

or no excuse. The cost of crude went down but fuel prices jumped ten cents a gallon, the other day. They do it because they can get away with it and ANY excuse works.