At Least Four Killed in Explosion at Pemex Platform in GOM

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At least four workers were killed after an explosion and fire on an offshore oil platform in Mexico’s oil-rich Bay of Campeche, which forms the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico, on Wednesday. According to reports, the explosion took place at 3:40 a.m. on the Abkatun Permanente, a platform operated by state-run Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). In a statement Wednesday, Pemex said the fire broke out in the dehydration and pump area of the platform. The company said it had evacuated 300 workers from the platform, and that so far 16 had been injured, two seriously. Other reports said as many as 45 people had been injured.