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Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) explained Wednesday that it has taken out nonessential workers from the company's Gunnison, Nansen and Boomvang oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical wave and a tropical storm moved toward the place. Anadarko mentioned it was monitoring the route of the weather programs and was "ready to evacuate all personnel and shut in manufacturing if needed." BP PLC (BP) mentioned it was evacuating more than 500 nonessential staff from platforms in the Southern Green Canyon region of the Gulf, even though Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) mentioned it was preparing to evacuate personnel but had not nevertheless completed so. The Nationwide Hurricane Center stated a tropical wave in the northwestern Caribbean Sea was heading west-northwest at ten to 15 miles an hour and could turn into a greater storm headed for the central or western Gulf of Mexico in a number of days. A storm in the Gulf could affect offshore oil and gas creation. The chance of a Gulf storm assisted drive natural fuel futures to two-week highs. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Katia, found additional south, close to the Leeward Islands, was also relocating west-northwest, at 20 miles an hour (32 km an hour), with optimum sustained winds of 70 miles an hour (110 km an hour), the NHC mentioned. The agency has predicted that Katia is probably to veer east of the Gulf, towards the east coast of Florida. Copyright © 2011 Dow Jones Newswires