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.
