By Monday all Gulf of Mexico offshore workers who had evacuated their rigs and platforms because of what became Hurricane Hermine were back at work.
For several days the storm had looked like it could do more damage in the east of the Gulf, leading oil and gas drillers to remove non-essential staff from harm’s way and to shut in production as a precaution.
In the event, the storm’s path took it more directly to landfall in western Florida from where it progressed north through Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.
It was downgraded to post tropical cyclone status and moved out to sea off the mid-Atlantic coast before it could reach New York. While it could again regain hurricane force, Hermine is not expected to return to land.
Offshore oil and gas operators reported no serious damage to their facilities in the Gulf as the rigs started returning to full production levels.
