FACTBOX- Refineries watch flooding, offshore oil cut
September 02, 2011 at 11:49 AM EDT
Sept 2 (Reuters) - The tropical weather threat shifted to potential flooding impacts on Louisiana and Mississippi refinery operations as a storm brewed in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana Friday. Major oil and natural gas producers and some pipelines already had evacuated personnel and shut in production at platforms in the Gulf. [ID:nN1E7810KA]