The hurricane was forecast to thunder into the Gulf coast late on Wednesday or early on Thursday, bringing storm surge flooding of up to 16 feet above normal tide levels.

这场飓风预计将在周三晚或周四早上席卷墨西哥湾沿岸，随之而来的暴风雨将使水位超出正常潮汐水位16英尺。

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Browne was no doubt referring to last year's temporary closure of some operations at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, delays to the opening of BP's Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and problems stemming from the 2005 explosion at a Texas refinery that killed 15 BP employees.

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Technical mistakes are delaying the company's huge Thunder Horse deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.

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In 2005 BP's Thunder Horse production platform in the Gulf experienced equipment problems that required high repair costs and set back production for three years.

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