Five People Killed in Fire on Oil Platform in Gulf of Mexico, 2 Went Missing, Pemex Company Says - Sputnik International

(Sputnik) - Five people were killed, two were missing and six were injured in a fire on Pemex's offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the company's CEO, Octavio Romero Oropeza, said on Monday.

Explosión en plataforma de Pemex en el golfo de México | Un muerto, heridos y desaparecidos dejó explosión

 

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Mexican oil giant says no environmental damage from raging Gulf fire - The Jerusalem post

Just days after video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, Mexico's national oil company has declared that environmental damage was avoided due to quick action by its workers.

Mexico announces biggest onshore oil find in 15 years

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto revealed on Friday that the national oil company, Pemex, had made Mexico's largest onshore oil discovery in 15 years.