NYMEX October crude settled 7 cents higher at $69.87/b Tuesday as Tropical Storm Gordon looked set to avoid key Gulf Coast oil infrastructure. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now ICE November Brent settled 2 cents higher at $78.17/b. NYMEX October RBOB settled 28 points lower at $1.9942/gal, while October ULSD settled 1.16 cents higher at $2.2547/gal. US National Hurricane Center maps show TS Gordon off the Alabama coast, which is east of refining assets in Louisiana and Texas. But US producers have evacuated personnel from 54 of 687 manned production platforms in the US Gulf of Mexico ahead of TS Gordon and shut in over 9% of total Gulf oil and natural gas production, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said Tuesday. US independent Anadarko on Monday shut-in production at two Gulf of Mexico platforms, Horn Mountain and Marlin, […]