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Mexico's Pemex says brief fire at Olmeca refinery controlled, operations normal
Pemex clarified that a flame appeared outside a vacuum residue storage tank around midnight while workers were conducting steam-emptying and controlled venting operations.
Mexico's Pemex douses fire at Dos Bocas refinery, second since March
Thursday's incident followed a March 17 fire that killed five people after "oily waters" burst into flame around the refinery's perimeter.
U.S. naphtha exports surge to record high on Japanese, Venezuelan buying
Russian oil tanker enters anchorage of Cuba's Matanzas port
Cuba has not received an oil tanker in three months, according to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, a predicament which exacerbated an energy crisis that has brought repeated blackouts across the country of 10 million people, crippling healthcare, public transportation and farming.
Mexican navy says petroleum tanker, natural seabed likely caused Gulf coast spill
In coordination with Mexico's state energy company Pemex, authorities are deploying marine barriers to prevent the spill from further damaging wildlife and beaches in the affected areas.
Residents and wildlife along Mexico's coast bear the brunt of Pemex oil spill
The fire was caused by oily water overflowing from inside the refinery onto a nearby road and was quickly ignited as a vehicle passed by, resulting in the deaths of five people.
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