Pemex Boosting Security After Deadliest Blast since 2006
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Petroleos Mexicanos is stepping up security at oil production facilities as authorities investigate a blast that killed at least 33 people at the state-owned company’s headquarters in Mexico City yesterday.
Chief Executive Officer Emilio Lozoya Austin, while assuring the incident didn’t hinder output, said disaster investigations are complex and declined to cite any preliminary finding in an interview in the nation’s capital today. The blast also injured 121 at offices where about 10,000 work or visit daily, he said. Security will be boosted at production wells while the probe is conducted, Pemex said in an e-mail. Authorities haven’t said whether the blast was an accident.