![]() “The turbomachinery of Ku Maloob Zaap’s active production facilities were affected by an electrical storm and heavy rains,” according to a Pemex incident report shared by one of Reuters’ sources.Ĭompany workers used nitrogen to control the fire, the report added.ĭetails from the incident report were not mentioned in Pemex’s brief press statement and the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ku Maloob Zaap is Pemex’s biggest crude oil producer, accounting for more than 40% of its nearly 1.7 million barrels of daily output. on the platform about 80 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, the Coast Guard said in a statement. Pemex, which has a long record of major industrial accidents at its facilities, added it also shut the valves of the 12-inch-diameter pipeline.Īngel Carrizales, head of Mexico’s oil safety regulator ASEA, wrote on Twitter that the incident “did not generate any spill.” He did not explain what was burning on the water’s surface. The Coast Guard and crew members of surrounding vessels were responding to a pre-dawn fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, authorities said Thursday morning. The company added it would investigate the cause of the fire. It was completely extinguished by 10:30 a.m. Pemex said no injuries were reported, and production from the project was not affected after the gas leak ignited around 5:15 a.m. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Scrabbl staff and is published from a syndicated feed.Ku Maloob Zaap is located just up from the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico. "The turbomachinery of Ku Maloob Zaap's active production facilities were affected by an electrical storm and heavy rains," according to a Pemex incident report shared by one of Reuters' sources.Ĭompany workers used nitrogen to control the fire, the report added.ĭetails from the incident report were not mentioned in Pemex's brief press statement and the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ku Maloob Zaap is Pemex's biggest crude oil producer, accounting for more than 40% of its nearly 1.7 million barrels of daily output. Pemex, which has a long record of major industrial accidents at its facilities, added it also shut the valves of the 12-inch-diameter pipeline.Īngel Carrizales, head of Mexico's oil safety regulator ASEA, wrote on Twitter that the incident "did not generate any spill." He did not explain what was burning on the water's surface. A fire broke out on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Thursday, forcing four workers to evacuate by lifeboat before the blaze was extinguished. It was completely extinguished by 10:30 am. ![]() Ku Maloob Zaap is located just up from the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico. It seems like something that could only appear in a movie, but on Friday, it was reality: The ocean was on fire. The fire began in an underwater pipeline that connects to a platform at Pemex's flagship Ku Maloob Zaap oil development, the company's most important, four sources told Reuters earlier. Leaky gaspipe ignites underwater ring of fire in the Gulf of Mexico 00:22. The fire took more than five hours to fully put out, according to Pemex. ![]() VRcBmLGPsgīright orange flames jumping out of water resembling molten lava was dubbed an "eye of fire" on social media due to the blaze's circular shape, as it raged a short distance from a Pemex oil platform. What you can see are ships attempting to put it out. The ocean is on fire in the Gulf of Mexico after a pipeline ruptured. It is hard to believe that this video is real. Mexico City: A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.
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