After catching fire, oil, caustic soda, methanol, and plastic pellets also spilled into the ocean, the article noted. One of the ship’s containers had already been leaking nitric acid by the time it entered Sri Lanka’s waters. “Last year, during the same time period only two turtle deaths were reported.” “It is very obvious that the deaths of these sea animals are connected to the ship,” said Lahandapura. The New York Times interviewed the chairperson of Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority, Dharshani Lahandapura. Local officials think that the deaths of the animals are related to the toxins released from the boat fire. There were 4 whales, 20 dolphins, and 176 turtles discovered dead, so far. People Magazine reported just today that several hundred dead sea animals including dolphins were washing ashore in Sri Lanka after a cargo ship filled with poisonous chemicals caught fire and sank. What we do know is that toxic spills leaking or spilling into the ocean are never good. Fossil Fueled Disasters Are Never Good For The Ocean - Or Our Planet Lightning striking the ocean where there’s gas is a possibility. Seriously, it takes a lot for something underwater to catch on fire. It could have been minutes, it could have been weeks. There’s no telling how long it was leaking before the gas caught on fire. Ku Maloob Zaab is Pemex’s largest producer of crude oil and accounts for over 40% of its daily output of around 1.7 million barrels.Īlthough the fire is extinguished, the fact that there was a pipeline leaking gas into the ocean and then exploding into a fire should alarm you. One of Reuters‘ sources shared that the Pemex incident report said, “The turbomachinery of Ku Maloob Zaap’s active production facilities were affected by an electrical storm and heavy rains.” “The event did not generate any spill,” they added.
Translated (via Twitter), he said that the ASEA followed up on the fire and it’s already been “attended and controlled” by Pemex staff “in accordance with its Emergency Response Protocols.” Good to know. La da seguimiento al evento ocurrido esta mañana en la Sonda de #Campeche, relacionada con una línea de #gas, la cual ya fue atendida y controlada por personal de conforme a sus Protocolos de Respuesta a Emergencias. Angel Carrizales, head of Mexico’s oil safety regulator ASEA, took to Twitter to give a few updates since this was technically in Mexico’s territory in the Gulf. Reuters pointed out that Pemex has a long record of major industrial accidents at its facilities. It’s also investigating the cause of the fire. Pemex confirmed that no one was injured and that its production from the project wasn’t affected. The platform is located near the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline connects to Pemex’s flagship Ku Maloob Zaap oil development. The fire took over five hours to fully extinguish, according to Pemex, the oil company whose pipeline was the leaky culprit.
Reuters reported that the fire happened west of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula and that it was started from a gas leak from an underwater pipeline. The Gulf of Mexico is literally on fire because a pipeline ruptured /J4ur5MNyt1 He shared a video that looked like it was CGI, but sadly, it wasn’t. Sakashita added, “These horrific accidents will continue to harm the Gulf if we don’t end offshore drilling once and for all.“The Gulf of Mexico is literally on fire because a pipeline ruptured,” Brian Kahn, the managing editor at Earther, tweeted a few hours ago. Miyoko Sakashita, oceans program director for the Center for Biological Diversity, wrote that “the frightening footage of the Gulf of Mexico is showing the world that offshore drilling is dirty and dangerous.” It was unclear how much environmental damage the gas leak and oceanic fireball had caused.
The company said it had brought the gas leak under control about five hours later.īut the accident gave rise to the strange sight of roiling balls of flame boiling up from below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The leak near dawn Friday occurred about 150 yards (meters) from a drilling platform. Pemex, as the company is known, said nobody was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap field. Petroleos Mexicanos said it had dispatched fire control boats to pump more water over the flames. MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters. This article was published (738 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
0 kommentar(er)
