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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Mexico’s Top Oil-Export Terminal Shut as Summer Demand Jumps
Shipping

Mexico’s Top Oil-Export Terminal Shut as Summer Demand Jumps

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Petroleos Mexicanos shut down the country’s largest oil-exporting terminal because of a leak, adding to a string of

August 1, 2023
Total Views: 2156

Saturday, July 29, 2023
Boats spray water onto an offshore oil platform that caught fire at the Pemex's Cantarell Field, in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico July 7, 2023. Courtesy Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) @Pemex/Handout via REUTERS
Oil Spill

Mexico’s Pemex Admits Offshore Oil Spill, Downplays Size And Impact

By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy oil Pemex on Wednesday sought

July 29, 2023
Total Views: 2112

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Large Oil Spill Reported Near Site of Pemex Platform Blast in Gulf of Mexico
Offshore

Large Oil Spill Reported Near Site of Pemex Platform Blast in Gulf of Mexico

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — A large oil spill has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of a deadly explosion at a Petroleos Mexicanos

July 18, 2023
Total Views: 3027

Saturday, July 8, 2023
Boats spray water onto an offshore oil platform that caught fire at the Pemex's Cantarell Field, in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico July 7, 2023. Courtesy Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) @Pemex/Handout via REUTERS
Accidents

Mexican Pemex Estimates Platform Fire Shut In 700,000 Barrels Of Oil

MEXICO CITY, July 8 (Reuters) – Mexican oil company Pemex estimates that a deadly fire on a majoroffshore platform off the southern edge

July 8, 2023
Total Views: 4858

Two Killed as Fire Engulfs Mexican Oil Platform
Accidents

Two Killed as Fire Engulfs Mexican Oil Platform

By Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY, July 7 (Reuters) – Two workers died and another remained missing after a raging fire broke out early on

July 8, 2023
Total Views: 3001

Sunday, July 3, 2022
New Gulf Of Mexico Oil Refinery Opens
Ports

New Gulf Of Mexico Oil Refinery Opens

By Adriana Barrera (Reuters) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador formally opened a major new oil refinery on Friday, a signature project for the

July 3, 2022
Total Views: 2873

Saturday, September 4, 2021
offshore spar
Offshore

Pemex Can’t Afford to Develop the Oil Field It Fought to Control

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg)–Petroleos Mexicanos fought tooth and nail to wrest control of the country’s biggest private oil find from the

September 4, 2021
Total Views: 1586

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Pemex CEO Says Gas Leak is Likely Cause of Deadly Platform Fire
Offshore

Pemex CEO Says Gas Leak is Likely Cause of Deadly Platform Fire

MEXICO CITY, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A deadly weekend fire at on offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Mexican state oil firm

August 25, 2021
Total Views: 1215

Monday, August 23, 2021
PEMEX Platform Fire Hammers Mexico’s Oil Production
Offshore

PEMEX Platform Fire Hammers Mexico’s Oil Production

MEXICO CITY, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Five workers were killed and six injured in Sunday’s fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico

August 23, 2021
Total Views: 1916

Fire on PEMEX Oil Platform Kills One, Five Missing
Accidents

Fire on PEMEX Oil Platform Kills One, Five Missing

A fire on a Pemex oil platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico killed one and five others are missing. Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) reports that the fire

August 23, 2021
Total Views: 2502

Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Product Tanker JOSE_MARIA_MORELOS_II
Maritime News

Mexico Dispatches Sealift Tanker To Cuba

By Adriana Barrera (Reuters) – A diesel cargo sent by Mexico’s state-run Pemex is due to arrive in Cuba’s Havana port on Monday, according to

July 27, 2021
Total Views: 2722

Friday, July 2, 2021
pemex fire
Accidents

Mexico’s Pemex Battles Crazy Fire Near Offshore Oil Platform in Gulf of Mexico

An update from Pemex said the fire was extinguished at about 10:45 a.m. By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — A fire has broken out near Pemex’s Ku Maloob

July 2, 2021
Total Views: 25286

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Offshore Oil Platform
Offshore

Covid-Stricken Pemex Is No Longer Testing All Platform Workers

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) –Petroleos Mexicanos, which has one of the world’s highest employee death tolls from Covid-19, is no longer distributing

November 10, 2020
Total Views: 191

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Offshore Oil Platform
Offshore

COVID-19 Is Killing Oil Workers at an Unparalleled Pace in Mexico

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — Of all the companies around the world affected by Covid-19, none has disclosed a worse death toll than Pemex, Mexico’s

July 15, 2020
Total Views: 43

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
offshore supply vessel
Maritime News

PEMEX Suspends Supplier Contracts, Triggering Job Losses

By Amy Stillman and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) –Mexico’s state oil giant is suspending contracts with service providers and suppliers, triggering

June 10, 2020
Total Views: 69

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Maritime News

Pemex Criticized Over Virus Handling as Offshore Worker Death Toll Soars

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) –When 62-year-old Tomas Morales registered a fever of 101.3 Fahrenheit on April 14, the doctor told him to self-isolate. But

May 26, 2020
Total Views: 112

Monday, September 30, 2019
offshore oil rig
Maritime News

Pemex Seeks Control of U.S. Firm’s Billion-Barrel Find in Gulf of Mexico

By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, Sept 30 (Reuters) – When U.S. oil firm Talos Energy found nearly a billion barrels off Mexico’s southern Gulf

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 13

Thursday, June 28, 2018
As Mexico’s Oil Sector Sputters, Crime and Violence Rattle Industry Towns
News

As Mexico’s Oil Sector Sputters, Crime and Violence Rattle Industry Towns

By Gabriel Stargardter PARAISO, Mexico, June 28 (Reuters) – Until recently, Edgar Barrera enjoyed a life many Mexicans could only hope for. In a few

June 28, 2018
Total Views: 88

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Offshore

Pemex Invites Partners Offshore

  by Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-run Pemex [PEMX.UL] might bring partners into two heavy crude oilfields in the Gulf’s shallow

March 6, 2018
Total Views: 29

Wednesday, December 7, 2016
PHOTOS: Largest Wreck Removal of 2016 Completed in Gulf of Mexico
Accidents

PHOTOS: Largest Wreck Removal of 2016 Completed in Gulf of Mexico

A little more than a year after salvors from Titan and Svitzer joined forces, the combined company Ardent says it has completely the salvage industries’

December 7, 2016
Total Views: 686
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