HOUSTON Reuters Oil and natural gas producers in U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico were carefully watching Tropical Storm Hermine on Monday, though no cutbacks in production have been announced.
BP Plc BP.L BP.N, the Gulfs largest producer of oil, was monitoring the storms progress on Monday, a company spokesman said.
"We keep a close eye on all the storm activity to make sure there is no impact to offshore operations," said BPs Neil Chapman.
Hermine formed in the southwest Gulf early on Monday morning and is expected to make landfall near the Texas-Mexico border late on Monday or early on Tuesday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center has said Hermine could approach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall.
Reporting by Erwin Seba, editing by Martin Golan
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