One Dead, Five Missing as Fire Erupts on Pemex Offshore Platform

Bartolomej Tomic
Monday, August 23, 2021
For Illustration; Pemex's platforms offshore Mexico - Image by BoH/Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0

One person died and five went missing after a fire broke out Sunday on a Pemex offshore platform in the Campeche Bay, Mexico.

The fire broke out at the E-Ku-A2 platform at Pemex's Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field at 3:10 pm Sunday and was brought under control an hour later.

Pemex said that one person died, six people were injured, and five went missing. 

Pemex said it was conducting a search and rescue operation, as well as working damage assessment and stabilization of the integrity of the offshore facilities.

The oil firm said it would launch an investigation to identify the cause of the fire.

The incident comes a little over a month after Pemex extinguished a fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, caused by a gas leak from an underwater pipeline.


Categories: Offshore Energy Industry News Activity Gulf of Mexico Safety & Security

Related Stories

Venture Global to Supply LNG to Italy's Eni Under 20-Year Deal

Van Oord Installs All Monopiles for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

DOF Sells Two AHTS Vessels

Current News

New York Terminates Offshore Wind Transmission Plan Due to Federal Uncertainty

Equinor Opts for CHC Helicopter to Service Two North Sea Fields

High-Voltage Substation for RWE’s Thor Wind Farm Sails Away from HSM Offshore

EnerMech Bags Two-Year O&M Services Extension in North Sea

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine