Pirates attack Pemex’ Akal-R platform, stealing breathing equipment

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Aug.2025, Words: 203) — State-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) regarding the need to reinforce security and surveillance measures in Campeche Probe in the Gulf of Mexico.

This, after supposed pirates boarded the Akal-R platform of the Cantarell extraction asset.