A fire on the ocean surface dubbed the "Eye of Fire" that broke out early on Friday in the Gulf Of Mexico near Pemex' Ku Maloob Zaap oil development was put out .
What happened in the Gulf Of Mexico?
State oil company Pemex said on Friday that a gas leak from an underwater pipeline was responsible for starting the blaze captured in videos that quickly went viral. The company added that no injuries were reported and that production from the project was not affected after the gas leak ignited around 5:15 a m. local time. It was completely extinguished by 10:30 a.m.
Pemex, which had major industrial accidents at its facilities previously, added it also shut the valves of the 12-inch-diameter pipeline and that it would investigate the cause of the fire.
FIRE IN THE OCEAN
The radiant orange blazes leaping out of water took after liquid magma were immediately named 'Eye of fire' via web-based media because of the roundabout state of the fire. The monstrous blazes seethed near Pemex's biggest oil unrefined maker - the Ku Maloob Zaap stage.
The fire began in an underwater pipeline that connects the platform at Ku Maloob Zaap oil development,Four sources told Reuters. Ku Maloob Zaap is located just up from the southern rim of the Gulf of Mexico and is Pemex's biggest crude oil producer, accounting for more than 40 per cent of its nearly 1.7 million barrels of daily output.
IMPORTANT POINTS
-No injuries were reported and that production from the project was not affected after the gas leak -Flames jumping out of water resembled molten lava were quickly named 'Eye of fire' on social media due to the circular shape of the fire.
-The fire began in an underwater pipeline that connects the platform at Ku Maloob Zaap oil development.
CONLUSION
According to a Pemex incident report obtained by Reuters, "The turbomachinery of Ku-Maloob-Zaap's active production facilities were affected by an electrical storm and heavy rains." The company is reportedly working on investigating the incident further. Bloomberg reports that while the cluster of fields at Ku-Maloob Zaap produces around 40 percent of Pemex's oil, its output has declined each year for more than a decade. At the end of 2020, the company was more than $113 billion dollars in debt.
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