A massive fire from a gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished after a five-hour-long operation, informed Mexican state oil company Pemex. The fire started in an underwater pipeline that connects to a platform at Pemex's flagship Ku Maloob Zaap oil development. Ku Maloob Zaap is located just up from the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico, close to the Mexican state of Campeche. It is Pemex's biggest crude oil production facility, accounting for more than 40 per cent of its nearly 1.7 million barrels of daily output. The gas leak that triggered the fire occurred at 78 metres from the surface.

Source: Mint July 03, 2021 09:33 UTC