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No impact from tropical storm oil firms US
HOUSTON : Tropical Storm Arlene was too far south and too weak to affect operations at US Gulf of Mexico refineries, off
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Arlene, the first named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Tuesday afternoon in the Bay of Campeche off the Mexico's coast, was forecast to come ashore Thursday morning south of Tampico, Mexico.
BP Plc and Shell Oil Co both said on Wednesday that their operations in the Gulf were unaffected by Arlene.
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