Chevron keeps energy moving during Hurricane Isaias

During tropical events, Chevron follows a Hurricane Action Plan, which provides the framework for all decisions. The plan considers a storm's strength, track and timing, as well as potential impacts to the company's workforce and facilities.

As a first step, teams evacuated offshore personnel from platforms in the hurricane's path and shut in production where conditions required it.

After almost 870 people were transported to shore, Chevron used its Hurricane Evacuation Remote Operations (HERO) capabilities to safely operate multiple facilities before those facilities encountered possible severe weather conditions. The technology kept the platforms online and enabled the production of more than 800,000 barrels of oil-equivalent to help supply America's energy needs. This could be enough to produce nearly 15 million gallons of gasoline or approximately 8 million gallons of diesel.

At points during the response, four Chevron facilities continued producing in HERO mode, while another platform outside the impacted area maintained normal operations.

"Activating HERO mode on a deepwater production facility is a major milestone within the industry in the Gulf of America," said Jacqueline Popham, an integrated operations manager for Chevron's Gulf of America business. "We applied lessons from Chevron's Australia business, which has safely operated floating facilities during cyclone evacuations, to our Gulf assets. Using similar technology, we safely operated four facilities remotely from our Covington, Louisiana, office."