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U.S. Gulf oil output at a trickle ahead of Gustav

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. energy companies shut nearly all offshore oil production and were racing to bring down flood-prone Louisiana refineries on Sunday ahead of Hurricane Gustav's landfall, which could rival the wrath of 2005's Hurricane Katrina. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/topNews?a=0nK1Wk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/topNews?i=0nK1Wk" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=3X969K"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=3X969K" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=Au0fBk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=Au0fBk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=dGVUmk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=dGVUmk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/379764800" height="1" width="1"/>