AdvertisementMexico's state-owned oil company said Monday that a bizarre chain of events, including a lightning storm and a simultaneous gas pipeline leak, set off a strange subaquatic fireball seen last week in the Gulf of Mexico. Pemex said it was repairing the pumps and investigating the cause of the gas leak. The ocean off Mexico 's Gulf Coast was up in flames Friday after a gas leak from an underwater pipeline sparked a fire on the surface of the water. The blaze was extinguished and the gas leak brought under control about five hours later and normal operations restored, Pemex said. A Pemex offshore platform produces oil from the Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Gulf of Mexico 65 miles northeast of Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2021 04:40 UTC