(Pemex, 22.Jun.2015) – Specialized Pemex staff is taking care of the oil and gas leakage incident that occurred in the satellite platform Akal-H in the Campeche Sound. Fortunately, there are no injuries to report.
The three workers carrying out a routine inspection were evacuated in a timely and secure manner from the platform, which is an unmanned facility operating automatically.
Four firefighting boats are on-site and extinguished the fire immediately.
Pemex Exploration and Production’s authorities are at the Response and Emergency Care Center (CRAE: Centro de Respuesta y Atención de Emergencia, for its acronym in Spanish) in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, coordinating the control tasks.
An analysis will be carried out to determine the cause of the incident.
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