Cyclone moving away from Broome: BoM

AAP - Oil and gas giant Apache Energy Ltd has shut two offshore oil fields as Cyclone Billy moves south off the West Australia coast.
At 3.20pm (WDT) on Tuesday, WA's Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Billy had moved away from Broome and was approaching waters further south off Karratha.

A cyclone warning was still current for coastal and island communities from Beagle
Bay to Whim Creek.
The category one storm was estimated to be 115km west-nor-west of Broome and 410km
north-east of Port Hedland.
It was moving further away from the Kimberley coast at 17km/h, but the weather
bureau warned winds of up to 100km/h were still possible in northern areas of the
Dampier Peninsula later on Tuesday.
Gales may develop along the Pilbara coast on Wednesday if Billy takes a more
south-westerly track than forecast, the bureau said.
Apache spokesman David Parker told AAP that the Stag and Ocean Legendre oil
platforms, which together produce 13,200 barrels per day, had been shut and workers
evacuated to Karratha.
"It's a normal precautionary measure as part of standard operating procedures," Mr
Parker said.
"Tropical Cyclone Billy's course is being closely monitored and we're taking
appropriate counter measures."
He could not confirm how many staff had been evacuated.
Operations are expected to continue normally at Apache's Varanus Island gas
processing facilities.
Stag, Ocean Legendre and Varanus Island are all part of the hydrocarbon-rich North
West Shelf area.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd and Nexus Energy Ltd have already evacuated oil and gas
exploration staff from rigs further north in the Browse Basin.