NU Online News Service, Nov. 9, 12:23 p.m. EST

Tropical Storm Ida's impact on energy company operations in the Gulf of Mexico should be light, catastrophe modeling firms said as U.S. coastal states braced for the impact.

Risk Management Solutions in Newark, Calif., said despite some offshore oil and gas platforms reporting the evacuation of personnel in advance of the storm, the strongest winds would remain to the east and "with the majority of the platforms located to the west, the impact is likely to be minimal."

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