Environmentalists denounce a new oil spill in Campeche after platform explosion [Video]

Environmental organizations denounced that Mexico’s Safety, Energy and Environment Agency (ASEA) has repeatedly demonstrated its inability to address the causes of these incidents.

Environmental civil society organizations detected a new crude oil spill in the vicinity of the Akal-B platform in the Campeche Sound, which caught fire and exploded on April 6.

The signatory organizations indicated that they have satellite images in which they have been able to verify that the crude oil spill began around March 22 of this year (15 days before the Akal-B platform), and it remains active, accumulating 20 days of uninterrupted leak.

“The crude oil spill is estimated to cover an area of approximately 390 km2, a size similar to that of the spill reported by several of the signatory organizations in July of last year,” they indicated.

“Given this terrible situation, we urge transparent information, attention, mitigation and non-repetition measures; and more concern about …