2023-07-07 18:59:00
A Petróleos Mexicanos gas platform on the Gulf Coast exploded early Friday morning and some workers are missing, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.
AMLO, as the president is known, said that the fire brigade of Pemex and the Navy were working to put out the fire. So far, three or four people had disappeared, while the remaining personnel had been evacuated. The Mexican state oil company will continue to issue updates on the situation, AMLO said.
Pemex has come under scrutiny in the past for its environmental and safety record following frequent accidents and explosions at its facilities. In the second half of May, a series of fires affected half of its refineries, while the company also reported accidents at three separate facilities in February, including its Texas Deer Park plant.
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In 2021, a large gas explosion near his offshore oil rig, dubbed the “eye of fire”, drew criticism from famed environmental activist Greta Thunberg and US Senator Bernie Sanders. Another offshore rig accident that year resulted in five deaths, while Pemex was forced to cut production by a quarter.
Friday’s incident occurred on the Nohoch Alfa platform of the Cantarell complex.
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