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Mexico’s Pemex Says Fire Under Control at Salina Cruz Refinery

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:11 am
by claireokc
MEXICO CITY—Mexican state oil company Pemex said on Saturday that it had brought under control a fire at its Salina Cruz refinery in the southern Oaxaca state without any injuries to personnel. The fire, which started on Friday, had engulfed a gasoline storage tank, sending a dense plume of black smoke billowing from inside the refinery. Pemex said firefighters had “concluded the work of suffocation and cooling” of the tank. In August, the Salina Cruz refinery was hit by another fire. Salina Cruz has the capacity to process 330,000 barrels per day of crude oil, according to data from Eikon Refinitiv. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/mexicos-p ... 10970.html