# Could Hurricane Isaias worsen the global oil crisis?

https://mins.news/en/video/91962

- BBC News, 2026-10-08 18:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWvrCFXc7uk

> Isaias has strengthened into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane and is expected to make landfall in the coming days, bringing potentially damaging winds, torrential rain and storm surge to parts of the US Gulf Coast. Shell, BP and Chevron are evacuating offshore workers, while a quarter of regional production is shut down, authorities say.

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