Pemex works to contain new crude leak off Campeche

  • Pemex is working to contain a crude leak from a pipeline off Campeche.
  • Thursday morning detection preceded an expected westward drift without a current coastal forecast.
  • February’s Abkatun spill polluted parts of Mexico’s Gulf coast without a full environmental accounting.

Pemex is working to contain a new crude oil leak from a pipeline at an offshore Gulf of Mexico facility off Campeche, Mexico’s Science Ministry said Friday. The leak was detected Thursday morning, and the ministry expects the slick to drift westward in coming days but does not currently forecast it reaching the coast. Authorities gave no estimate of the spilled volume. The incident follows a major February spill near Pemex’s Abkatun field that polluted parts of Mexico’s Gulf coast; no full accounting of the environmental damage has been released. The ministry will continue monitoring the slick’s path, while a Pemex spokesperson said the department was handling updates.

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