US EditionPemex spill turns Tabasco's coast black, affecting fishing communities
- Pemex reported an oil spill on May 3, 2025, from a pipeline near the Olmeca refinery at Dos Bocas, Tabasco's Gulf coast.
- The spill resulted from failed pipes linked to Pemex's Akal-C offshore platform, and reports differ on whether sabotage occurred.
- The leak blackened a 7-kilometer coastline, damaged mangroves, oyster farms, and marine animals, disrupting fishing and tourism in Playita El Mirador.
- Pemex repaired two pipeline leaks with metal clamps, began cleanup immediately, and expected to resume refinery operations soon, processing 100,000 barrels per day.
- The spill prompted a complaint by Tabasco's Environment Ministry and pushed Pemex to work with communities on prevention and activity recovery efforts.
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Pemex spill turns Tabasco's coast black, affecting fishing communities
A black slick invaded the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for at least seven kilometers off the coast of the Dos Bocas maritime terminal due to two leaks in a pipeline that transports oil, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported on…
Pemex confirms reports of oil spill at Olmeca refinery marine terminal
State oil company Pemex has reportedly repaired two pipeline leaks at its Dos Bocas maritime terminal, after allowing four days to pass before publicly acknowledging an oil spill had occurred. Pemex officials on Wednesday finally confirmed media reports of the oil spill, explaining in a press release that crude had leaked from an underwater pipe linking one of its offshore platforms to Olmeca refinery in the port of Dos Bocas, located in the Gul…
Pemex acknowledges that the spill in Paradise came from its ducts
Villahermosa, Tab., Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported that the hydrocarbon spill that contaminated the coasts of the municipality of Paraíso causing serious damage to a protected natural area where there are lagoons, rivers, wildlife, mangroves and oyster banks, as well as paralyzing the activities of 1,500 fishermen and damaging tourist service providers, came from its facilities.
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