Mexico reopens 2 of 3 oil ports after Dean

Two of Mexico's three main oil-exporting ports in the southern Gulf of Mexico have been reopened following the passage of Hurricane Dean, but production was still suspended as officials assessed possible damages to offshore rigs.

Dean, which struck the eastern Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 5 hurricane with 265 kph winds, had weakened to a Category 1 storm by the time it arrived in Mexico's main oil-producing region in the Bay of Campeche, on the peninsula's other side. Mexico closed three export ports in the region as a precaution, but reopened two of them as of Thursday morning, port authorities said.

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