Pemex fights a fire near an oil platform offshore the Gulf of Mexico
🚨 Incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de México
A 400 metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producción Ku Maloob Zaap)
Una válvula de una línea submarina habría reventado y provocado el incendio
Esta fuera de control hace 8 horas pic.twitter.com/KceOTDU1kX
— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021
The fire broke out near Pemex’s Ku Maloob Zaap offshore platform complex after a valve in an underwater pipeline ruptured, causing an oil leak off the Gulf Coast.
Three ships were trying to put out a fire emerging from the sea, very close to an offshore platform.
🚨 Sobre el incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de México, en la Sonda de Campeche, a unos metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producción Ku Maloob Zaap)
Tres barcos han apoyado para sofocar las llamas pic.twitter.com/thIOl8PLQo
— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021
The fire has been controlled and no injuries were reported.
Ku Maloob Zaap is one of Pemex’s most productive oil fields, with more than 700,000 barrels of oil per day, approximately 40% of its total production.
