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Alert that Spill Would Affect Investments
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, along the coasts of Veracruz, showed the lack of capacities and procedures to contain the disaster by the federal authorities, which could affect possible investments in the sector. Javier Estrada, energy analyst, pointed out that this spill, and a series of incidents of increasing frequency and magnitude in the sector -like the fire in Dos Bocas- exhibits a fairly lax regulatory model. "We do not have suffic…
During the first half of February, Petróleos Mexicanos repaired a pipeline, around which there was a spot of supposed crude of more than 50 square kilometers, that goes from one of the oil platforms of the Cantarell field to the facilities of Dos Bocas. The point of this spill is one of the places where the government has located the origin of the spill that already affects 600 kilometers of coast. Public information held by EL PAÍS reveals that…
Mexican Oils reported that the beaches of Veracruz are ready for Easter Week, despite the spill registered in the Gulf of Mexico.The report was issued after coordinated actions between Pemex, the Secretariat of the Navy, the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources and other federal dependencies.According to the official report, 39 beaches covering 480 kilometers of coastline have been attended, with intensive cleaning and containmen…
After the federal government attributed the hydrocarbon spill in the Gulf of Mexico to a ship off the coast of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and to two natural chapopoteras, specialists questioned the capabilities and procedures to contain the disaster, which could affect the possible investments in the sector. It is worrying that Mexican Oils (Pemex) and the authorities take so long to have the exact information, or keep it, they said in interview. …
Gov. Rocío Nahle García said that at this moment, "all the beaches (of the state of Veracruz) are clean." In a radio interview, the state president reiterated that the oil spill that affected several beaches of the veracruzana entity came from the sea and had no origin in the veracruzano territory, while, she said, cleaning work continues to guarantee clean beaches to tourists this Easter 2026. She explained that from the beginning the situation…
Monitoring evaluates bacteria in water, but does not measure the presence of hydrocarbons or splash.
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