In a press release posted on its web site on Saturday, which was initially in Spanish and translated to English, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) revealed {that a} fireplace broke out on one of many platforms of the Akal-B Course of Middle within the Campeche Sound at simply earlier than 5pm native time that day.
The hearth occurred within the space the place the pipelines that deal with gas for the turbomachinery are situated, the assertion highlighted.
“The Emergency Response Plan (PRE) was instantly activated on the facility, controlling the fireplace at 5.04pm,” the translated assertion mentioned.
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“Two PEMEX staff and 7 firm staff (three from DIAVAZ, 4 from COTER) have been reported with non-serious accidents. They’re despatched to Ciudad del Carmen for analysis,” it added.
In an replace posted on its website on Sunday, PEMEX revealed that 5 of its staff had been affected by the fireplace. Two of those had first and second diploma burn accidents and two had bruises however all 4 have been in steady situation, in line with that replace, which revealed that one employee was in a critical situation and could be moved to Mexico Metropolis for remedy.
“Three staff from the DIAVAZ firm have been evaluated on the Social Safety hospital and have been discharged,” the translated assertion mentioned.
“Six staff from the COTER firm – one employee was evaluated on the Social Safety hospital and discharged; three staff with first and second diploma burn accidents are hospitalized in the identical establishment in steady well being situation; a hospitalized employee in critical well being situation; and, sadly, a deceased employee,” it added.
“The inspection and analysis of the world continues to be carried out to determine the causes of this fireplace and the actions that enable the reestablishment of the operation of the Course of Middle,” PEMEX continued.
Rigzone has contacted PEMEX asking for an replace on the employees affected within the fireplace that occurred on the Akal-B marine platform. Rigzone additionally requested PEMEX if manufacturing was affected by the fireplace. The questions have been posed in English and Spanish. On the time of writing, PEMEX has not but responded to Rigzone.
In a press release posted on its website on July 7 final yr, which was additionally translated, PEMEX revealed {that a} fireplace occurred at roughly 5.25am that day on the Nohoch – A Hyperlink Platform and afterward the Compression Platform.
An Emergency Shutdown System was activated and 4 boats have been despatched to regulate the fireplace, PEMEX highlighted within the assertion, which revealed that 328 staff have been working on the Processing Middle.
In an replace posted on its website on the identical day, PEMEX revealed that three of its staff have been injured and {that a} personal firm had suffered 5 accidents, two deaths, and one lacking individual.
“The overall director of Petróleos Mexicanos, Eng. Octavio Romero Oropeza, reported that, relating to the fireplace that occurred this morning, the firefighting ships arrived on time and because of this, it was attainable that the fireplace didn’t unfold to the opposite platforms of the Nohoch course of middle, since solely one of many 5 platforms was the one the place the accident occurred,” PEMEX mentioned within the translated replace.
“Romero Oropeza reiterated that a very powerful factor for PEMEX is the protection of the personnel, in addition to the staff of the businesses that work there. Nonetheless, he commented that there have been three injured staff, who, thankfully, at the moment are out of hazard, to such an extent that two of them are already at house whereas the opposite has burns on 35 % of his physique, so he shall be transferred to the Central Sur Excessive Specialty Hospital in Picacho, Mexico Metropolis; to obtain particular consideration to his burns, however with out threat to his life,” it added.
“Likewise, he added that, on behalf of a non-public firm, there are 5 individuals injured, however none of them are susceptible to dropping their lives. Nonetheless, he regretted that two staff from the personal firm misplaced their lives and one remains to be lacking. Consequently, he assured that each one these affected will obtain full assist from Petróleos Mexicanos and the corporate the place they labored,” it continued.
“When it comes to manufacturing, the overall director commented that the incident will have an effect on a number of thousand barrels of crude oil equal, that’s, oil and gasoline, so they may search to shortly return to manufacturing with outlined methods, which can scale back the time when that Course of Middle will return to operation and, lastly, confirmed that the fireplace has already been managed and work shall be finished to seek out the foundation trigger,” PEMEX went on to state.
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