Shell preparing to evacuate non-essential workers from offshore U.S. Gulf

HOUSTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc is preparing on Monday to begin evacuating non-essential workers from platforms in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta, a company spokeswoman said.

"We will start reducing non-essential personnel," spokeswoman Cynthia Bobski said.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba; editing by Jason Neely)

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