Large Oil Spill Reported Near Site of Pemex Platform Blast in Gulf of Mexico
- Leak found in Gulf of Mexico days before fire, Reforma says
- The spill and explosion may not be connected, says scientist
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Petroleos Mexicanos is responding to an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of a deadly explosion at one of the state-owned company’s natural gas platforms.
Scientist Guillermo Tamburini Beliveau detected the leak July 4, days before the blast off the coast of Mexico’s Campeche, Greenpeace and others said in a statement. The spill was about 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) earlier this month and may have grown to about two-thirds the size of Mexico City, Tamburini said in a presentation that includes satellite images of the leak.