Film fire in the Gulf of Mexico: fire on a Pemex platform

There was a fire near the complex marinas platforms By Maloob Zaap of Pemex after the rupture of a valve on an undersea pipeline, spilling oil off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

A video posted on social media shows three ships trying to put out a fire emerging from the sea, very close to an offshore platform. A representative for Pemex did not respond to a request for comment or confirm the video.

The blaze has been brought under control and no injuries have been reported, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified as she is not authorized to comment publicly.

Ku Maloob Zaap It is one of Pemex’s most productive oil fields, with more than 700,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or about 40% of the company’s total production, according to data from the Mexican Ministry of Energy.

As the fields mature, production declines in Ku Maloob Zaap and Pemex lacks the resources to invest in new extraction technologies.

Pemex, which has seen production plummet year on year for a decade and a half, carries the largest debt of any major oil company to nearly $ 114 billion.