Offshore Platform

Pemex Akal-B1 offshore platform

6 April 2024 · 16:48 local time

Bay of Campeche, Mexico

What happened

A fire broke out around fuel-gas piping serving turbomachinery on the Akal-B1 platform in Pemex’s Akal-B processing center. The emergency plan was activated and the fire was controlled sixteen minutes later. Pemex initially reported nine workers with non-serious injuries. The offshore marker is approximate.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Offshore Platform
Latitude
19.4000°
Longitude
-92.0300°

Attribution

Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.

Sources

  1. Pemex controls fire at Akal-B marine platform in the Bay of CampechePetróleos Mexicanos · Incident reporting