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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

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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.