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Pipeline Leakage Near Pemex Platform Caused Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill, Investigation Reveals

Summary by Marine Insight
Image for representation purposes only An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which spread to over 600 km, killing wildlife, polluting beaches and affecting 7 protected natural reserves across Veracruz and Tabasco, was caused by a leak near the Abkatun field operated by the state energy company Pemex. Pemex Chief Executive Officer Víctor Rodríguez claimed that senior management was not informed of the leak and assured that many people would be remo…

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The Pemex spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its environmental impacts and responsibilities place the oil industry at the centre of the international controversy. The admission of the oil company has not closed the case, but has opened up new doubts about the real extent of the damage, the management of the incident and the lack of transparency in one of the most sensitive ecosystems on the planet. The environmental impacts of these spills are deva…

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On April 6, I held in this space that the official bodies responsible for the environment, the safety of the seas, the government of Veracruz and the directors of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) lied to us, hiding the truth about the oil spill that affected almost 900 kilometers of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and in the high seas. I mentioned that, although that presence had been de-detected on March 1, those bodies did not appreciate the origin…

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The director general of Pemex, Víctor Rodríguez, acknowledged a few days ago that the Gulf spill was caused by the company. After two months of inventing any kind of excuse and blaming the others, he realized that the person responsible is him, although he preferred to fire others.Perhaps it was when he visited a platform of white tip and tennis shoes, that is, without the necessary security equipment for those equipment, that it lit up.It is li…

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Mexico City. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo acknowledged that even when oil leaks were detected from a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican Petroleum workers (Pemex) “did not follow all the protocols,” which led to the recent spill in the area. Therefore, she insisted that the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the Internal Control Body of the parastatal are doing a “very deep investigation” for the event that affected the coasts. In the …

He stresses that "bad" would have been that his government would have hidden this fact and not go out to report.

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He stresses that "bad" would have been that his government would have hidden this fact and not go out to report.

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gCaptain broke the news on Monday, April 20, 2026.
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