BP teams to assess listing 'Thunder Horse' oil platform

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2005

LONDON (AFP) — BP has sent teams to fix its 'Thunder Horse' oil platform, which has been listing since Hurricane Dennis hit the Gulf of Mexico, the British oil giant told AFP.

The platform, located 150 miles (250 kilometres) southeast of New Orleans, was slipping by around 20-30 degrees following the passing of the storm, but no injuries or leaks were reported. Dennis has however killed at least 62 people, the majority in the Caribbean.

"We have people working on the platform since yesterday (Tuesday)," BP spokeswoman Julia Yakimova said Wednesday. The teams "are getting ready to start the pumping operations" to restore the platform to its normal status.

Thunder Horse was in development and due to start production at the end of 2005.

"We are still...