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Oil Platforms in the Gulf shut down in preparation for Hurricane Isaias

Houston Public Media News 88.7 | By Natalie Weber
Published October 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM EDT

Isaias is expected to make landfall as the season's first Atlantic hurricane. Oil rigs and refineries on the Gulf Coast are evacuating, but experts don't anticipate much of an impact on gas prices.

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Natalie Weber