By KELIN DILLON The deadly explosion on Mexican oil venture Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) Ku-Alfa platform in the Campeche Sound, which left five dead and two missing, will now result in a 25 percent loss in production for the state-owned company. A total of 142 wells were closed after the disaster, slowing production by 421,000 barrels of oil a day. “The
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By KELIN DILLON After an explosion occurred on the E-Ku-A2 platform of Mexico’s state-owned oil company’s Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on Sunday, Aug. 22, five workers have been declared dead, six injured and two more remain missing. Located in the Campeche Sound and valued as one of Pemex’s most important production assets, Ku-Alfa is the company’s second platform to experience a
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The change over of presidents in Mexico is always a formal event, and this time was no exception, except for the fact that the style of doing things has changed. Some, if not all, of the stiff formality of yesteryear was absent in the proceedings that took place on Saturday, Dec. 1. The real change of administrations
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