Oil workers evacuate as tropical storm threatens gulf
- Published: 6 Jan 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Two oil exploration and production firms began evacuating more than 1,200 workers from offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Thailand as a tropical storm was forecast to strike Malaysia and affect southern Thailand.
PTT Exploration and Production Plc and Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Co yesterday alerted their offshore drilling sites about the threat from tropical storm Sonamu and ordered them to prepare for evacuation.
Thailand's Meteorological Department warned the lower south of the country would be affected by heavy rain from tomorrow until Wednesday.
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