Overview
- A cogeneration failure at the Refinería Olmeca in Dos Bocas forced a temporary stop to operations on June 24, and Pemex says the plant is now in a controlled restart with no injuries reported.
- Pemex issued a safety statement saying protocols were activated, the interruption did not create an emergency, and there were no risks to workers, nearby communities or the environment.
- Local journalists and social media users reported a large column of black smoke, a strong smell of gas, and that Secretaría de Marina personnel closed access while firefighting teams responded to the site.
- The outage adds to operational strains at Dos Bocas, which has logged five straight months of falling crude processing through May and suffered fatal incidents in March that left five workers dead.
- Officials have linked the event to broader distribution faults at the federal electricity commission, and the episode increases scrutiny of onsite power reliance, plant operations and community safety near the refinery.