Tankers in path of Fred, Grace could see delays Chevron moves some workers from platforms Back-to-back storms passing through the Gulf of Mexico could delay LNG tankers reaching US terminals for loading, though there was no immediate major threat to offshore oil and gas production Aug. 16, according to operators and notices to shippers. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now As of early afternoon, Fred was a tropical storm preparing to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle and Grace was a tropical depression, with a forecast to strengthen into a tropical storm and a track that was expected to take it west to the Mexican coast. Texas’ southernmost points were in Grace’s projected cone of impact. Meanwhile, there were seven LNG tankers in the Gulf near the projected path of at least one of the two storms; one tanker was departing Freeport […]