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Liquefied gas Horton tanks similar to the six spherical tanks involved in the San Juanico disaster LPG bullet tanks. There were 48 tanks of this type in the Pemex plant. Note how this modern installation incorporates some of the lessons learned from San Juanico: an uncongested, well ventilated area, with the horizontal tanks in a parallel cluster configuration, which minimizes the effects of ...
A series of ten explosions took place on April 22, 1992, in the downtown district of Analco Colonia Atlas in Guadalajara city, Jalisco state, Mexico. Numerous gasoline explosions in the sewer system and fires over four hours destroyed 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of streets. [1]
Site after explosion. An evacuation of the area had been begun in the minutes following the explosion. [6] In the hours after the blast, about 30 people were reported to be trapped in debris, [6] and searches continued into the next day, as Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya said there were indications that some people remained under the rubble.
An investigation is underway into the fatal chemical leak at a Houston area oil refinery owned by Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, the company's top executive said on Friday. Pemex, as Petroleos ...
Investigators suspect that several officials within Pemex are involved in facilitating the operations of these criminal groups. [5] Complicity includes activities such as employees sharing the exact time when the fuel will flow through the pipelines, the maps of the pipelines, and how to successfully perforate them.
Location Dead Injured Details 7 February 2000 Nigeria: Ogwe, Abia State: 17 Unknown A pipeline explosion killed 17. [18] 11 March 2000 Ukraine: Luhansk: 81 8 Methane gas explosion at a coal mine. [19] 13 March 2000 China: Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province: 33 10 Explosion at a fireworks factory. [19] 20 March 2000 Nigeria: Isioma, Abia State: 50 Unknown
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In 2008, Pemex expected Cantarell's decline to continue to 2012 and eventually stabilizing at an output level of around 500,000 barrels per day (80,000 m 3 /d). [14] By September 2009 this figure was already achieved, marking one of the most dramatic declines ever seen in the oil industry. [ 15 ]